Savannah, the “Hostess City of the South,” is home to a hot cold storage market.

The winning foodservice distributor or logistics provider will be featured in R&FF's September issue and on an upcoming podcast episode.

An automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) combines equipment and controls to handle, store and retrieve materials or products as needed with precision, accuracy and speed under a defined degree of automation. 

Expected to open in 2025, it will be among the largest automated CPG distribution centers in North America.

BIX Produce services a broad range of customers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Illinois and Iowa.

Many of the world’s largest grocery retailers are now investing in automated order fulfillment solutions to optimize the handling of fresh fruit, vegetables, bakery items and dairy products across their distribution networks.

FreshEdge now operates 979,800 square feet of warehouse space across 27 facilities with a fleet of more than 947 trucks and more than 2,000 employees. 

MWCold operates over 545,000-square-feet of strategically located warehouse space at two facilities in central Indiana.

All three locations are expected to open in late fall 2023.

Family-owned for two generations, Renzi Foodservice has more than $180 million in annual revenue and serves more than 2,300 locations.