ConAgra eyes new DCs. (Front page).

Warehousing Management, November, 2001

CONAGRA FOODS INC. OF OMAHA, NE, IS IN THE FINAL PLANNING stages to construct three new distribution centers in Saint Augustine, FL, Knoxville, TN, and Fort Worth, TX. According to Industriaiinfo.com, ConAgra has already started construction on a new distribution facility in Lebanon, IN, and has confirmed the construction of three additional distribution facilities.

The new distribution facilities will be for storage of dry goods and are in the range of 450,000 to 500,000 square feet in size and will cost roughly $20 million each to construct. All projects are expected to be under construction during the fourth quarter of 2001, and should be completed by the fall of 2002.