Sizzling Airplane Food in Phoenix

Sizzling Airplane Food in Phoenix

January 11, 2020
Corinne M. Karuppan, Ph.D.

Unsafe temperatures in the transport of airline food are even more reasons to dislike it.

During the summer months, the temperature on the tarmac of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is often well above 100 degrees. As food is transported from catering facilities to airplanes, it may reach unsafe temperatures. LSG Sky Chefs’ management and the union representing the catering company’s workers offer different perspectives on the issue and, in the absence of recent FDA inspections, it is difficult to determine whether passengers are actually at risk of food poisoning.

Video Spotlight: Grave Concerns About Airline Food Safety

This post is based on the NBC News article, Airline Catering Workers in Phoenix Say Food Is Getting Too Hot on the Tarmac, by A. Kaplan, L. Bomnin, and V. Nguyen, December 28, 2019, and the YouTube video, Is Airline Food Safe to Eat? What You Need to Know, by NBC News/TODAY, December 27, 2019. Image source: Kasto/123RF.

Discussion Questions:

1. What factors contribute to potentially unsafe temperatures before the food is loaded on a plane?

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Amazon Optimizes Warehouse Space

Amazon Optimizes Warehouse Space

December 22, 2019
Ross L. Fink, Ph.D.

As the holiday buying season is underway, Amazon is revising its warehousing system.

As we previously shared, in an effort to cut Prime shipping time from two days to one day the company invested heavily in 2nd quarter 2019 to improve transportation and warehousing. Part of the warehousing problem relates to independent merchants that are using Amazon for fulfillment.  Over half of Amazon sales are from these independent merchants.

Amazon has raised the fees charged to these independent merchants to encourage a reduction in inventory, trying to keep slow-moving items out of their distribution centers.  Because many of these merchants are concerned about the fees, Amazon may not have enough inventory on-hand with holiday sales looming.

Thus, Amazon is implementing Amazon Storage and Replenishment.  Merchants can now store products to replenish Amazon’s distribution centers from nearby warehouses.  The hope is to allow merchants a cheaper storage option in order to keep inventory low in Amazon’s distribution center, but yet not run-out of merchandise that might result in lost sales.

Video Spotlight: Amazon is making one-day shipping the new standard for Prime members

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