The company's systems are used in about 15,000 supermarkets, she added, and it has annual and multiyear contracts with major consumer goods companies.
Palm oil, a key ingredient in a variety of major consumer goods like cookies and household cleaning products, accounts for around a third of the world's vegetable oil trade.
Major consumer goods companies such as Coca-Cola and Nestle have met similar challenges with amazing "last-mile" distribution and logistics networks for their products -- networks that in the process also have made significant strides in reducing exposure to water-borne diseases in developing countries.
Ahmed Hassan, whose distribution company serves major consumer-goods companies like Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola, said he was not letting any of his 350 trucks nationwide onto the roads.
So forget money pits like the website that will need massive traction before advertisers will give it the time of day, the venture that hinges on licensing unproven intellectual property, the new product that you think is sure to be acquired by a major consumer packaged goods company.
Because the S&P 500 is so broad, its components make up about two-thirds of the total value of the U.S. stock market and include its 10 major sectors (consumer goods, financials, energy and so on).
By the end of the 1920's, photographs had begun to replace engraved fashion and advertising illustrations, making the camera a major purveyor of consumer goods and styles.
The gap with China, a major supplier of consumer goods and electronics, hit a record $8.72 billion for the month, compared with $8.6 billion in August.
Li & Fung, a major exporter of consumer goods to the U.S., soared 10.8%, or 2.33 Hong Kong dollars (30 cents), to 24.00 Hong Kong dollars ($3.10), after a U.S. consumer confidence report for April posted an unexpected jump.
Li & Fung, a major supplier of consumer goods to Wal-Mart, said last week that some U.S. customers have been reordering to restock inventory levels, which are down from seven to four weeks, according to J.P. Morgan.
Companies designed major and expensive consumer goods, including cars, to last only a few years before falling apart in order to stimulate demand.
