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Publix to build new distribution center in N.C.

Facility would be the chain’s first DC in the state

Russell Redman

August 31, 2018

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Publix Super Markets Inc. plans to construct a refrigerated distribution center in Greensboro, N.C., by the end of 2022.

Announced this week by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, the facility will supply grocery products to Publix stores in the Carolinas and Virginia and be the Lakeland, Fla.-based chain’s 10th DC and first in North Carolina.

Publix operates 58 stores in South Carolina, 38 stores in North Carolina and 10 stores in Virginia. In the retailer’s seven-state Southeastern trade area, Virginia and North Carolina were the most recent additions. The company’s first North Carolina store opened in Charlotte in February 2014, while its first Virginia location opened in Glen Allen in July 2017.

The Greensboro-area DC is part of a multiphase project expected to create up to 1,000 jobs by 2025. Publix is slated to invest up to $300 million in the project’s first phase, slated to be about 1 million square feet.

“Publix is excited to create hundreds of new employment opportunities and to help provide for greater economic prosperity in Guilford County,” Publix President and CEO Todd Jones said in a statement. “We appreciate the hard work of Gov. Cooper and all those involved in making this distribution center possible.”

Published reports said the 1.8-million-square-foot Publix facility, to be located on a 350-acre site near the intersection of Birch Creek Road and U.S. 70 in eastern Guilford County, will be one of the largest distribution centers in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad area, which includes the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point.

Plans call for Publix to offer a range of jobs with the project, including in the administrative and maintenance departments as well as the refrigerated warehouse.

“Publix recognizes North Carolina’s commitment to helping businesses and employees thrive, and they trust our workers to fill up to 1,000 new jobs,” Cooper stated. “We will keep making sure our workforce has the capacity to excel and meet the needs of Publix and other quickly growing businesses in North Carolina.”

North Carolina will mark the fourth state where Publix operates a DC. Its nine current distribution facilities are in Boynton Beach, Miami, Deerfield Beach, Orlando, Jacksonville, Sarasota and Lakeland, Fla; Dacula, Ga.; and McCalla, Ala. The company also has 11 manufacturing sites in Florida and Georgia for bakery, dairy, fresh food and deli items.

 

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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