All that online grocery shopping is causing a cold storage shortage in the US


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 10 Jul 2019

Workers move and store inventory at Lineage Logistics at on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 in Vernon, Calif. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times/TNS)

VERNON, California: Deep in a Vernon warehouse, barrels of frozen mango puree from Mexico are stacked four stories high. Hams for Christmas are flash-frozen as June temperatures climb outside. 

Inside this dimly lit chamber of the Lineage Logistics warehouse, it is 10 degrees below zero – cold enough to stop a ballpoint pen from rolling out ink and send an ominous chill through the soles of visitors’ shoes. 

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