Americold Expands Temperature-Controlled Storage Facility for Perdue Foods
Americold, Atlanta, and Perdue Foods, Salisbury, Md., announced that the 96,000-square-foot temperature-controlled storage facility expansion underway in Leesport, Pa., will handle products for Perdue’s northeastern U.S. customers. This state-of-the-art, energy-efficient facility provides more than 2.3 million cubic feet of temperature-controlled storage space dedicated to the support of the Perdue Foods business.
This expansion is expected to create just over 100 new jobs in Pennsylvania. The new facility will handle products previously distributed from a Perdue-owned distribution center in Georgetown, Del., which is being converted to a dedicated shipping facility serving the adjacent Georgetown processing plant. And, the Leesport is facility is approximately three hours closer to most customers compared to the Georgetown distribution center.