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Stop
& Shop Supermarket Company has grown to
become the largest food retailer in New England.
As that growth continued, Stop & Shop
found themselves needing more distribution
space when they outgrew their existing distribution
facility.
They were able to find a 150+ acre site, which
allowed room for one facility that is able
to combine both refrigerated and dry distribution
space. With many operational expenses at an
East coast premium, they were looking for
other ways to lower those expenses. That’s
when we decided to re-evaluate the operations
of the entire warehouse.
Tippmann’s evaluation moved the specialized
warehouse toward an automated storage and
replenishment system, catering to products
that move in and out of the facility at multiple
speeds. The building is designed to handle
fast and slow moving products differently,
without compromising the efficiency of the
warehouse.
The end result is a 1.3 million square foot
distribution center, featuring 77 cranes,
banana rooms and a wet room with all-galvanized
racking. Also on the distribution campus are
an attached 3-story office building, separate
fueling center and trailer wash facility.
