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5 Things Food Manufacturers Should Know Before They Grow

Often, the factors that derail future expansions are the ones nobody’s talking about. These five overlooked details can make a facility more flexible — or more fragile than expected.
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Mallory Wright
August 28, 2026

Dennis Group engineers and project managers discuss the lesser-known factors that can make or break a food manufacturing plant’s long-term expandability.


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Distribution trucks in a parking lot.

From Chaos to Coordination: The Role of AI in Food Logistics

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Kunj Pandya
November 24, 2025

Food manufacturers who use today’s demand environment as a sandbox will face future chaos with a prepared AI that knows their operations intimately and can respond faster than any human team alone.


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Plant Safety

Rite-Hite Introduces GuardRite Dok-Gate

October 18, 2024

This powered, two polymer-rail, vertical-rising gate is OSHA-compliant, meeting all standards for fall protection and walking-working surfaces.


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New Plant Products

Global wheel chock

October 30, 2020
The chocking system integrates with a Dok-Lok style light communication system and is available with Rite-Vu auxiliary communication lights, approach detection system, camera engagement verification and smart dock alerts.
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Field Reports

Dock upgrades enhance safety, savings at Citrus Systems

Updated dock system improves efficiency, lessens wear and tear on workers
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
May 12, 2017

In 2013, private-label drink manufacturer Citrus Systems Inc. finally left its original 68,000-square-foot complex in Minneapolis and expanded into a 135,000-square-foot facility in west suburban Hopkins. Unfortunately, while the new building allowed Citrus Systems to increase production of its fruit and vegetable blends, concentrated juices, teas and other custom products, it carried over the same antiquated dock equipment used in the old one


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Dock leveler kit

April 9, 2013

The APS ENERGYGUARD retrofit kit provides a perimeter seal along the sides and rear hinge of a dock leveler.


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