May 22, 2020 | Company News, Daily Operations
In late April, Doug Thomas, Bellingham Cold Storage’s CEO, was presented with two signs inked up by dozens of employees from the BCS campuses on Orchard Drive and the Bellingham waterfront. The signs were full of handwritten notes of appreciation from BCS team members...
Apr 10, 2020 | Community, Company News, Daily Operations
Bob Bray of Dairy Distributing, Inc. — transporter of products for such brands as Edaleen Dairy, Smith Brothers Farms, Twin Brook Creamery and Sirena Gelato — reached out to his friend Doug Thomas, president and CEO of Bellingham Cold storage, in March 2020. He...
Mar 23, 2020 | Community, Company News, Daily Operations
A massive THANK YOU to our dedicated employees, our loyal customers, the local, state and federal health care providers and officials, law enforcement and the entire Food Supply Cold Chain Industry that Bellingham Cold Storage is an integral part of. Bellingham Cold...
Oct 19, 2019 | Company News, Daily Operations, Dry Storage, Processing and Manufacturing
When shopping to feed their families, customers like their groceries fresh, good-looking and with plenty of shelf-life remaining. But how does that happen? Who is responsible for ensuring that food makes it from producers around the world to customers’ kitchens in...
Aug 1, 2019 | Chilling and Freezing, Company News, Construction, Daily Operations, Processing and Manufacturing
[ Editor’s note: This article has been reprinted, with permission, from Western Food Processor Magazine. To read the original, please see the magazine here. ] Breaking into the U.S. market: It’s the most familiar objective for any western Canadian food processor...
Jul 20, 2019 | Chilling and Freezing, Daily Operations
Back in 2012, Bellingham Cold Storage opened a completely revamped Ice House capable of producing up to 300 metric tons of ice — roughly equivalent to the weight of two 1,600-square-foot homes — every single day. That’s a lot of ice. What is all of this ice produced...
