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Toronto, ON – March 7, 2019,

Scout Logistics Corporation is excited to announce that the company has been recognized as a Gold Standard Re-qualified winner (Year 5) of the prestigious Canada’s Best Managed Companies designation. The 2019 Best Managed program recognizes the best-in-class of Canadian-owned and managed companies, demonstrating superior capability and commitment to achieve sustainable growth.

Now in its 26th year, Canada’s Best Managed Companies is one of the country’s leading business awards programs recognizing Canadian-owned and managed companies for innovative, world-class business practices. Every year, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies compete for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates the caliber of their management abilities and practices.

“This year’s Best Managed winners are a testament to the success found when businesses invest in talent, innovate intentionally, and think long-term,” said Peter Brown, Partner, Deloitte Private and Co-Leader, Canada’s Best Managed Companies program. “These companies should be proud of this achievement, and their responsibility in acting as role models for other Canadian businesses.”

“We operate on ‘Scout’s honour’,” says Lorne Swartz, founder and president of Scout Logistics. “We stand by our word – we treat our customers, carrier partners and team members fairly, honestly and with integrity. Not only is it the right thing to do but we believe it is also essential to the success of our business. Earning a spot among Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the fifth consecutive year confirms once again that we are taking the right approach and making smart investments in our people, partners, technology and processes,” says Swartz. “We look forward to continued success in the coming years”.

“CIBC proudly congratulates the 2019 winners of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, who exemplify business excellence and success,” says Dino Medves, Senior Vice President and Head, CIBC Commercial Banking. “This year’s winners reinforce the significant impact that privately owned Canadian companies are making by pursuing innovation and maintaining a sharp focus on their clients.”

2019 winners of the Canada’s Best Managed Companies award will be honoured at the annual Canada’s Best Managed Companies gala in Toronto on April 17, 2019. On the same date, the Best Managed symposium will address leading-edge business issues that are key to the success of today’s business leaders.

The Best Managed program is sponsored by Deloitte Private, CIBC, Canadian Business, Smith School of Business, and TMX Group.

About Scout Logistics Corporation

Scout Logistics is one of Canada’s largest non-asset based transportation providers. Founded in 2011, Scout has built a reputation for providing customers with best-in-class customer service, superior on-time delivery, and transformative technology.  Scout transports over 800 million pounds of refrigerated goods each year and continues to innovate, evolve and grow to meet the needs of their valued clients.

To learn more about Scout, visit www.scoutlogistics.com

About Canada’s Best Managed Companies

Canada’s Best Managed Companies continues to be the mark of excellence for Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $15 million. Every year since the launch of the program in 1993, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies have competed for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates their management skills and practices. The awards are granted on four levels: 1) Canada’s Best Managed Companies new winner (one of the new winners selected each year); 2) Canada’s Best Managed Companies winner (award recipients that have re-applied and successfully retained their Best Managed designation for two additional years, subject to annual operational and financial review); 3) Gold Standard winner (after three consecutive years of maintaining their Best Managed status, these winners have demonstrated their commitment to the program and successfully retained their award for 4-6 consecutive years); 4) Platinum Club member (winners that have maintained their Best Managed status for seven years or more). Program sponsors are Deloitte Private, CIBC, Canadian Business, Smith School of Business, and TMX Group.

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For further information, please contact:

bestmanagedcompanies@deloitte.ca

www.bestmanagedcompanies.ca

Contact information: Hannah Abrams ▪ Chief Administrative Officer ▪ 416.630.7268 x228 ▪ info@scoutlogistics.com ▪ www.scoutlogistics.com

Toronto, ON – March 8, 2018,

Scout Logistics Corporation is excited to announce that the company has been recognized as a Gold Standard winner of the prestigious Canada’s Best Managed Companies designation. The 2018 Best Managed program recognizes the best-in-class of Canadian-owned and managed companies, demonstrating superior capability and commitment to achieve sustainable growth.

Now in its 25th year, Canada’s Best Managed Companies is one of the country’s leading business awards programs recognizing Canadian-owned and managed companies for innovative, world-class business practices. Every year, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies compete for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates the caliber of their management abilities and practices. (more…)

Scout Logistics named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for Third Year Running

Toronto, ON – March 9, 2017,

Scout Logistics Corporation was recently honoured with the prestigious Canada’s Best Managed Companies designation for the third consecutive year. The 2017 Best Managed program recognizes the best-in-class of Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $15 million demonstrating strategy, capability and commitment to achieve sustainable growth.

“It’s much more than just financial performance,” said Peter Brown, Partner, Deloitte and Co-Leader, Canada’s Best Managed Companies program. “The ingredients to success also include overall business performance and sustained growth. It takes dedication and commitment from the entire organization.” (more…)

As a company, Scout has a long history of giving back – we always try to go the extra mile to support projects in our community. Not only do we donate to various charities, but our Staff regularly lend their time, both in and out of office, to help organize and run various events.

This year we’ve been working on a very special project for Remembrance Day. Twelve months of planning, one thousand volunteer hours and ten thousand poppies have gone into what we hope is a fitting tribute to our veterans.

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On Tuesday July 12th, with the help of the Ontario Food Terminal, Scout Logistics delivered a variety of fresh produce to the 11th Division of the Toronto Police. Every day the men and women of the Toronto Police risk their lives to help our city – now more than ever we felt it was important to say thank you.

For Immediate Release – 18th May, 2016

Scout Logistics Corporation, one of North America’s leading perishable logistics specialist and a two-time recipient of Deloitte Canada’s Best Managed Companies designation, is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Grand Financial Management Inc., and Factbanc Corporation, two of North America’s leading specialty finance companies focusing on accounts receivable funding. The partnership aims to provide carrier partners with a comprehensive set of financial and risk management services by managing financing vulnerability and maximising cash flow liquidity. (more…)

With economic and climatic vulnerabilities proving to be a significant burden on the trucking industry this year, it is as good a time as any to discuss a crucial, yet conspicuously under-discussed component facing the farming, trucking and logistics community the world over. We’re talking about the substantial rate of food wasted on its way from farm to market to table and everywhere in between. Here at Scout Logistics we thought we would take it upon ourselves to get you up to speed with some of the basics concerning food waste and its overall impact on our industry as well as the rest of the nation, and planet. (more…)

The El Nino (Little Boy) weather phenomenon generally serves as something of a mixed blessing as far as its effects on North American produce. The impact of the phenomenon, which occurs due to an increase in ocean surface temperatures across the central and east-central equatorial Pacific, maintains certain general consistencies such as increased precipitation in the south west United States. That said, the phenomenon ultimately varies from year to year, making it somewhat unpredictable – particularly so in tandem with the rapidly shifting climate taking place all over the globe.

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Since the 2012 announcement of the “Moving Ahead for progress in the 21st century” (Map 21) congressional bill, American truckers and those associated with the truck driving industry have been eagerly (or indifferently) awaiting a conclusive mandate regarding the implementation of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs). As explained in our previous post, an ELD is essentially an electronic device that records a driver’s Record Of Duty Status (RODS) and ultimately serves as a substitute for a driver manually logging their compliance with Hours of Service (HOS) requirements via pen and paper. The good news is that on December 10th, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) officially announced the adoption of a Final Rule regarding the impending requirement for all motor carriers to house and employ the new ELD Technology.
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