Items Tagged with 'distribution center'

Blending advanced automation with purposeful design, this year’s Plant of the Year reflects how food manufacturers are engineering smarter, more efficient operations to meet evolving industry demands.

The 386,047-sq.-ft. refrigerator/freezer distribution facility in Florence, South Carolina includes 45 loading docks, a Cheney Express and the largest culinary kitchen the company has developed to date.

CJ Schwan’s partnered with Burns & McDonnell to design and build a 400,000-sq.-ft. greenfield pizza manufacturing facility and 140,000-sq.-ft., fully automated distribution center with independent utility systems.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings and expansions in the food and beverage industry, including Mars’ new Nature’s Bakery facility, CJ Schwan’s distribution center, Chomps’ Missouri manufacturing facility, Westrock Coffee’s single-serve coffee products plant and Puratos’ pilot bakery facility.

The South Carolina facility is the third of five new PDCs Walmart is opening nationwide, marking a milestone in the company’s supply chain transformation.

The distribution center — which is the tallest building in Salina at 144 feet — includes a 38,000-pallet-position racking system with three automated pallet cranes, 12 loading docks and office space.

The facility will support Simply Good Foods’ expanding supply chain and distribution operations.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings and expansions in the food and beverage industry.

The expansion doubles Hain’s U.S. network capacity and minimizes the distance it takes to deliver products by an anticipated 66% annually.

The 311,000-sq.-ft. facility focuses on serving temperature-controlled food and beverage producers.