Distribution center enhanced in Chester

ADUSA Distribution & Transportation has completed enhancements at a 600,000-square-foot distribution center in the Orange County village of Chester. “An overall refresh of the space took place, which included the deployment of new equipment throughout the facility,” the company told the Business Journal.

Ahold Delhaize USA (ADUSA) provides warehousing and distribution of products sold by  several supermarket chains on the East Coast. It anticipates that the Chester facility will be handling and transporting 65-million cases of products annually for the Stop & Shop and Hannaford supermarket chains. The company estimated in 2022 that its 19 distribution and transportation centers were serving 2,100 grocery retail locations, with over 1.2 billion cases of products shipped and its trucks driving more than 125-million miles annually.

At the Elizabeth Drive location in Chester, ADUSA stores numerous products to be delivered to and sold in the supermarkets it serves. The facility provides temperature-controlled conditions including large areas for frozen food. The Chester distribution center has 350 spots for tractor-trailers and 100 loading docks, which ADUSA says keeps items moving in and out as seamlessly as possible. Nearly 500 people are employed at the site by ADUSA Distribution, ADUSA Transportation and third-party labor providers.

In 2019, Ahold Delhaize USA announced it had purchased the Chester warehouse along with two others from C&S Wholesale Grocers as part of a $480 million investment including leases to transform and expand U.S. supply chain operations over the next three years. It is leasing a second warehouse at the site in Chester.

“We”™re excited to welcome Chester into the supply chain network,” said Sanja Krajnovic, executive vice president of ADUSA Distribution & Transportation. “The conversion of the site is an important step in the completion of our work to move to a self-distributed network.”