Sweet deal for Weber

Sweet deal for Weber    Southern California-based third-party logistics company Weber Logistics said Monday it has won a deal to distribute candies throughout the western United States for German-based confectioner Storck.
   The company's brands include Riesen, Werthers, Mamba, Merci and Toffifay, and it maintains a catalog of 60 SKUs produced in Germany and shipped to the United States.
   The relationship between Weber and Storck includes full-service, temperature-controlled third-party logistics for California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington, including drayage from the Port of Oakland to Weber's 208,000-square-foot Stockton, Calif., facility. There the candy is stored, orders are processed, and outbound less-than-truckload and truckload shipments are arranged depending on the customer.
   'Weber provides both transportation and warehousing, which makes it easier for us; it's all centralized versus doing it in pieces,' said Catherine McClure, Storck's director of operations for supply chain, North America. 'They pick up our containers at the Port of Oakland and the containers are taken back to their Stockton facility where the orders are filled and processed via EDI — the information seamlessly flows from our customers to us to Weber. Weber picks orders for our customers including mixed pallets LTL, FTL and all special requirements for labeling.'
   Weber noted it has existing relationships with many of Storck's customers, including Safeway, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Ralph's, Costco and Smart & Final.