Value Added Services
Westcon Foods has been in business since 1982, incorporating as Western Consolidated Foods, Inc. in 1985. We are a full service technical company offering our clients the following value added, no cost services:
- Technical Support. Our principal background is in industrial tomato processing. We provide our clients with technical and specification support as well as assisting in determining tomato varieties, best time of pack, maximizing yields and other cost saving measures.
- COA Analysis. Westcon Foods reviews every COA at time of shipment to ensure the product complies with the customer’s specification.
- Set Up Product Shipments. The customer simply faxes or e-mails the order request to Westcon Foods and we do all the work from setting up the shipment with the supplier to getting it in transit to your production facility.
- Freight / Shipping. We work with numerous freight companies who ship from multiple origins to multiple destinations. Rail, water or over the road, we know freight and make every effort to offer alternative sources where savings can reach the customer’s bottom line.
- Shipment Tracking. Westcon Foods tracks your shipment from origin to destination.
- Report on Contract Balances. Westcon Foods maintains a database of inventory balances and keeps the customer up to date on contracted product balances.
- Claims Process. Westcon Foods is the point of contact to ensure any claim is handled appropriately.
- International Services. Westcon Foods has a network of International Suppliers. Where domestic product has run short, or is otherwise unavailable, we have the means to fulfill production needs.
- Provide updates. We provide updates on tomato crop conditions, industry inventories and relevant developments.
- Tomato School. We offer our clients an onsite tomato school where we teach their employees the entire process for manufacturing tomato paste and diced.This begins with plants in the ground to processed paste and diced leaving the production facility.