Murphy Warehouse Company is a family-owned, full-service

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logistics company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1904, Murphy is one of the

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's largest asset-based logistics companies and serves more than 250 companies ranging from

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. The company provides a wide range of services, including

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, transportation,

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, fulfillment and administrative, as well as international logistics through its Midwest International Logistics Center. Murphy is

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MNSHARP Certified and Safe Quality Food SQF Edition 9 Certified.

History

In 1904, founder Edward L. Murphy, Sr. purchased two horses and a wagon from his brother, Jack, signifying the beginning of the Murphy Warehouse Company. Today, Murphy operates 12 warehouse facilities, many on or adjacent to

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Logistics services

Murphy provides warehousing, distribution, information management, contract logistics, consolidation, transportation, rail transloading, pool distribution,

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, fulfillment, freight brokerage and international support services. Murphy also provides other services, such as labeling, stretch wrapping, product assembly, packaging, re-pack and quality control testing-sampling. The company also offers international logistics through its Midwest International Logistics Center, which includes a designated U.S. Customs Exam Station (CES), a Container Freight Station (CFS) and a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), allowing for modifications to import products before they reach U.S. soil, as well as export services.

Stormwater management system

In 2008, Murphy Warehouse installed a

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management system at its headquarters. The system cost $580,000 to install, captures 95 percent of stormwater on a site that was more than 95 percent impervious, recharges

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, filters stormwater for quality, and eliminates a $68,000 annual stormwater assessment from the city. It is the first stormwater system of its kind to be voluntarily constructed on an existing, heavy use commercial site in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Murphy also installed native prairies around the stormwater system, increasing its efficiency, eliminating polluting fertilization and water waste from automatic sprinklers, and saving additional money through reduced

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of a traditional lawn. For example, at Murphy’s

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Campus, a similar installation requires $2,240 per year for of prairie upkeep instead of $21,650 per year for only four acres of lawn care. In January 2009, the American Council of Engineering Companies recognized Murphy and Wenck Engineers, which assisted in design and installation, with the Minnesota Engineering Excellence Honor Award for the stormwater system. Minneapolis mayor

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proclaimed it, “the single best green value that I can see in Minneapolis,” on

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, April 22, 2009.

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