Here's the full recap:

**What you asked:** "I coordinate logistics. Are we OK for winter?"

**What I found:** The refrigerated truck contract with Northline Transport ends December 15. I verified this against Section 4 of the signed contract.

**What the coordinator concluded:** Riverbend Food Bank is **NOT** currently on track to be OK for winter. Key points:
- On-hand stock (41 tonnes) covers only ~60% of a single month's current need (~68.7 tonnes/month for 2,290 households), with no buffer for the 4-month winter stretch.
- Donations are down 18% YoY (August: 62 tonnes) while households served are up 9% YoY — a widening supply-demand gap.
- Winter typically increases demand further, so this gap will likely grow, not hold steady.
- The Northline Transport contract expires December 15, mid-winter, with no confirmed cold-chain plan after that date — compounding the risk even if food supply is solved.

Recommended actions: emergency sourcing to close the ~7-tonne/month gap, investigate/reverse the donation decline, confirm if the 9% demand growth will continue into winter, and begin Northline renewal/replacement negotiations now.

**Answer to your question ("Are we OK for winter?"):** No — not currently. You have both a **supply gap** (insufficient stock/donations to meet projected winter demand) and a **logistics gap** (cold-chain transport contract expiring December 15, mid-season, with no replacement plan yet). As the logistics coordinator, your most time-sensitive action item is the Northline contract: renewal or replacement negotiations should start now, since December 15 falls in the middle of peak season and a lapse would strand even the food you do have.
