16/01/06 AGROPUR Fine Cheese Division Simplifies Pallet Management With CHEP

LONGUEUIL, QC, Jan. 12 /CNW/ - Agropur Cooperative, Canada's leading
dairy coop, today announced it is transporting products from its Fine Cheese
Division on pallets from CHEP, the global leader in pallet and container
pooling solutions. The Fine Cheese Division makes a wide variety of cheeses at
plants in Oka and St. Hyacinthe Quebec, and distributes to supermarkets,
grocery stores, club stores and foodservice operators from its facility in
Montreal Nord.
Agropur's Industrial Division launched the CHEP program last year and the
effort is helping the manufacturer reduce product damage while simplifying its
pallet management processes. The fine Cheese Division is expecting these same
benefits as well as improved customer service and pallet quality.
"Our previous pallet management system required resources we knew could
be more effectively used on projects that helped grow our business, so we
sought out a solution that made the whole operation a lot more simple to
manage. We found that system with CHEP, which provides a program that delivers
high quality pallets every time and doesn't require us to invest a lot of time
and money tracking down lost pallets and reduces the huge stacks of paperwork
we used to complete," said Benoit Larouche, Vice President, Distribution and
Logistics, Agropur Fine Cheese Division.
Jason Adlam, Director, Sales, CHEP Canada said "With the success
Agropur's Industrial Division is having with our program, we welcome the
expansion to the Fine Cheese Division and will work diligently to make the
rollout equally beneficial to the company's operations."

About Agropur Cooperative
Agropur is the largest dairy cooperative in Canada with 19 plants across
four provinces. Its fluid milk and cheese products include the Oka, Vaudreuil,
Natrel, Quebon, and Sealtest brands. The company's joint venture in Ultima
Foods holds the license for the Yoplait brand in Canada. Beyond consumer
foods, Agropur's industrial division produces dairy ingredients for the food
manufacturing and foodservice industries.

About CHEP
CHEP is the global leader in pallet and plastic container pooling
services serving many of the world's largest companies. The company has more
than 7,700 employees in 42 countries. Combining superior technology, over five
decades of experience and an asset base of more than 265 million pallets and
containers, CHEP handles pallet and container supply chain logistics for
customers in the consumer goods, produce, meat, home improvement, beverage,
raw materials and automotive industries. With global partners that include
Agropur, Procter & Gamble, SYSCO, Kellogg's, Kraft, Nestle, Ford and GM, CHEP
is known for Handling the World's Most Important Products. Everyday. For more
information about CHEP, please visit: www.chep.com.

For further information: Jean Brodeur, Director, Public Relations &
Communications, Agropur, (450) 928-5454, ext. 5460; Jason Adlam, CHEP Canada,
(905) 789-4213, Jason.adlam@chep.com; Ronald Margulis, RAM Communications,
(908) 272-3930, ron@rampr.com