Meijer
THE PROBLEM:
Meijer is a retail and grocery superstore retailer that is always seeking ways to keep its costs low, so that it can provide the best possible customer prices. But the costs of running a business do rise. So Meijer looks for ways to ""keep reinventing ourselves"" to maintain competitive pricing and profitability. That requires ongoing scrutiny of all expenses, including trash! Hauler bills were rising and relief was needed. Changing haulers would have given minor relief at best. At a trade show, Meijer discovered that affordable waste management technology could be the solution.
The technology offered a simple yet powerful goal…cut the number of waste hauler pickups to the minimum without risking overflows. The Compactor Plus Monitor offered the computer brainpower to know exactly how full a compactor container is and automatically send a pickup request to the hauler when the container is full.
COMPACTOR PLUS SOLUTION:
After working out the details with its hauler, Meijer put the Compactor Plus System to work. The results have exceeded Meijer's expectations. They not only reversed the rising trend of hauler bills, they made deep cuts in them. In their first full year, they reduced waste hauling bills by over $1,000,000 on an investment of less than $300,000. Payback took just months. And now all the ongoing savings are gravy.
The Compactor Plus System also simplified the process of waste removal. Under the old system, dock employees would have to keep an eye on the compactors and call the hauler when they thought the container was full. Most of the time, they were calling in too soon. Then there was the paperwork to ensure that they were billing billed properly. Now everything is automated! No one ever has to watch the compactor, or call the hauler or write reports. The system does everything, 24/7, 365 days a year. The WinEdge Software package has added another dimension allowing remote monitoring of every compactor, and printing all reports as needed.
CUSTOMER BENEFITS:
- Greatly reduced waste hauling expenses, with a system payback in month.
- Simplification of operations, eliminating the involvement of personnel in waste management.
- Full documentation for billing and management.
- Eliminated overflows from late call ins.
- Reduces the need to keep shopping hauler rates.
ABOUT THE CUSTOMER:
Meijer Great Lakes Ltd. Partnerships is a retailing powerhouse, operating supercenter stores featuring over 40 departments. There are 170+ stores across the Midwest.