AmeriCold Announces Grand Opening of its Second Charlotte, N.C. Facility.ATLANTA -- AmeriCold announces the grand opening of its second Charlotte, North Carolina “Charlotte” redirects here. For other uses, see Charlotte (disambiguation). Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the 20th largest city in the United States. facility, located at 2401 Nevada Boulevard in the former Winn-Dixie distribution center. AmeriCold has invested close to $4 million in this 400,000 square-foot facility, which has over 6.6 million cubic feet of freezer capacity (equating to 20,250 pallet positions) and over 4.5 million cubic feet of cooler space (9,500 pallet positions). The Schwan Food Company The Schwan Food Company is a multibillion-dollar privately owned company with 22,000 employees worldwide. Based in Marshall, Minnesota, the company sells frozen foods from home-delivery trucks, in grocery-store freezers, by mail and to the foodservice industry. is among one of the numerous customers who are utilizing this major, Southeastern logistics hub. The addition of a second facility in the Charlotte market reflects a growing trend for the need for frozen and perishable per·ish·a·ble adj. Subject to decay, spoilage, or destruction. n. Something, especially foodstuff, subject to decay or spoilage. Often used in the plural. food storage within the southeast. "Charlotte is an ideal location to service both the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast markets economically. This distribution facility allows AmeriCold to continue to anticipate and meet customer demand and strategically complements our national network," said Chris Hughes Chris Hughes could refer to one of several notable men:
AmeriCold's existing Charlotte-North warehouse, located at 1000 Exchange Street, will continue to provide support for rail-served public storage, blast freezing blast freezing a method of freezing poultry in which the carcasses are subjected to temperatures of -40°F in a blast tunnel for 2 to 3 hours. , and distribution-related services. AmeriCold, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is the nation's leading third-party supplier of temperature-controlled supply chain solutions, with a national footprint of 100 facilities. The company handles 60 billion pounds of freight annually, has more than half a billion cubic feet of multi-temperature capacity, and employs some 6,500 associates. AmeriCold offers Multi-Vendor Consolidation, Temperature Controlled Warehousing, Transportation Services, National LTL LTL - Linear Temporal Logic Transportation, i-3PL(TM) Technology, Seasonal Product Storage and Distribution, Dedicated Facility Management and Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Optimization is the application of processes and tools to ensure the optimal operation of a manufacturing and distribution supply chain. This includes the optimal placement of inventory within the supply chain, minimizing operating costs (including manufacturing costs, . For more information about AmeriCold's Charlotte facility, visit www.americold.net. |
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