Chicago, IL

Affiliated Warehouse Companies, Inc. works with Ryder and they are considered the top public and contract warehouse companies in the Chicagoland area. They operate over 6 million sq. ft. in separate warehouses in the cities of Naperville, IL, Bolingbrook, IL, Aurora, IL, Bensenville, IL, Northlake, IL, Bedford Park, IL, Woodridge, IL and Joliet, IL. They have over 800,000 sq. ft. of air conditioned space which is ideal for confectionery products, flour, pharmaceuticals and other food ingredients. They have Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) space and services. Their warehouses have excellent fire and theft security systems as well as surveillance cameras. All warehouses have bulk and pallet racking to ensure product integrity and have their own in-house maintenance crew to ensure their facilities are maintained to the highest AIB/BRC food grade standards inside and out. All warehouses are supported with state-of-the-art warehouse management system (WMS) Synapse by Zethcon providing real time RF bar coding inventory information. All of this information is available to customers via their web portal. Their newest warehouse in Joliet, IL is strategically located close to the Elwood, IL rail ramp and is ideal for imported containers. Among the services that Ryder offer is their e-commerce pick and pack and fulfillment capable of shipping thousands of b2c and b2b orders each day. Their warehouses are serviced by the BNSF, UP, CP and Belt rail line for box cars. Their asset based trucking division, Bedford Motor Service, consists of over 90 power units and 400 trailers providing truckload (TL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) deliveries within 300 miles of Chicago. To complement their own trucking services they have a trucking brokerage company. Bedford Logistics, for deliveries throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico which is supported by their TMS, 3G. Because of the tremendous volume that can consolidate LTL orders and provide their customers with deep discount LTL and truckload rates handling warehousing and deliveries seamlessly. Ryder is recognized as the top food grade warehouse company in Chicago and specializes in handling food, beverage, pharmaceutical, food ingredients, consumer products, paper and roll stock and alcoholic beverages. They ship to all grocery chains and major big box retailers including Costco, Sam’s, BJ’s, Walmart, Target, Trader Joe’s, Kroger, Publix, Menards, Jewel, Whole Foods, Home Depot, Lowe’s and others. To learn more about Ryder or to get competitive rates contact Affiliated Warehouse Companies, Inc. at 888-865-1150 or use our online quote form on our website.