Best Buy Announces Expansion of Distribution Center in Dinuba, California; 400,000 square-foot addition to open in Spring 2003.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2001 Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ) the nation's leading retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances today announced plans for a 400,000-square-foot, $22.5 million, expansion to its distribution center in Dinuba, California Dinuba is a city in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was 16,844 at the 2000 census. Current city limit signs indicate the populaton at 20,007 It is considered to be a part of the Visalia Metropolitan Statistical Area by the United States Census Bureau. . The distribution center expansion will create approximately 115 new jobs over the next several years. Construction is scheduled to begin in November 2001 and be completed by spring 2003. Clayco Construction, of St. Louis, Missouri, has been selected as the General Contractor A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. for the project. The current 600,000-square-foot Dinuba facility opened in spring of 1999 and serves Best Buy retail locations in California, Nevada and Arizona. The expanded Dinuba facility will support the delivery of technology and entertainment products to Best Buy stores in California, Nevada, Arizona, Montana, Oregon and Washington and future expansion in the Northwest. Best Buy operates seven major distribution facilities in Dinuba, Calif.; Ardmore, Okla.; Edina and Bloomington, Minn.; Staunton, Va.; Findlay, Ohio Findlay is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hancock CountyGR6. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Toledo. The population was 38,967 at the 2000 census. and Dublin, Georgia Dublin is a city in Laurens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 15,857 at the 2000 census. By 2005 the population is estimated to be 16,924. [2] The city is the county seat of Laurens CountyGR6. . Best Buy recently announced plans to construct a new distribution center in Tioga County, New York Tioga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 51,784. Its name derives from an American Indian word meaning "at the forks," describing a meeting place. Its county seat is Owego. , to be open in spring 2003. "As Best Buy continues to grow at a pace of 65 new stores per year, we're pleased to expand our state-of the art Dinuba facility to support our West Coast growth," said Chas Scheiderer, Best Buy senior vice president of Logistics. "We are proud to be a part of the continued economic growth of the city of Dinuba and the Central Valley region of California and provide additional jobs to the community." Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is the nation's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company operates retail stores and commercial Web sites under the names: Best Buy (BestBuy.com), Magnolia Hi-Fi (MagnoliaHiFi.com), Media Play (MediaPlay.com), on Cue (OnCue.com), Sam Goody (SamGoody.com), and Suncoast (Suncoast.com). The Company reaches consumers through more than 1,700 retail stores nationwide, in Puerto Rico and in the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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