TOKYO -- At least 20 of Japan's biggest food and beverage companies are ending next-day deliveries to wholesalers, Nikkei has learned, as the sector seeks a more sustainable approach to logistics.
Food & Beverage
Understaffed Japan's food sector loses taste for next-day delivery
Suntory, Nissin and others extend shipments in blow to lean inventories
A Tokyo supermarket: Keeping Japan's store shelves stock imposes a heavy burden on an understaffed logistics sector. (Photo by Takaki Kashiwabara)
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