Global Food Producer Turns to Meridian After Failing Audits

PARTNER

Global consumer snack food producer

• A distribution center in Austin, Texas, called Meridian after struggling to pass a sanitation and safety audit. The Austin site manager referred Meridian to other company facilities in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

OBJECTIVE

For all locations, capture and remove birds to maintain a clean, safe, bird-free interior.

• The Austin location had numerous deterrents (lasers, owl effigies) in place, but these did not keep nuisance birds away.

• The Midland, TX, location reported having to destroy whole pallets of chips destroyed by birds, causing them to also fail the audits.

• Traditional pest control companies had tried to help these and other locations rid them of birds without success.

SOLUTION

Meridian performed inspections and deployed the patented Bird-N-Free system at all locations.

• Meridian dispatched different teams to the disparate locations. Each performed a thorough inspection. (The cost of the inspection is credited against removal services if needed.)

• The Austin location thought they had only 2 or 3 birds. The technicians captured eight. In Midland, Meridian removed 29 birds.

RESULTS

The distribution centers were bird-free and ready to pass their audits.

• Word quickly spread after the Austin and Midland service calls. In a short period of time, Meridian teams, some involving three technicians, deployed to locations all across the region.

• Meridian is thrilled to have gained the confidence of this exciting new partner.