One
of the nation's largest independently owned food retailers,
H.E. Butt Grocery Co. serves families all over Texas and
Mexico with more than 275 grocery stores. The $7.5 billion
company, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas was expanding
its stores in Houston aggressively, and needed additional
refrigerated warehouse space to support its growth.
When
H.E. Butt Grocery Co. executives first met Tippmann, they
had already started preliminary work on their new perishable
distribution center in Houston with another engineering
firm. However, after they toured several Tippmann facilities
and saw the substantial savings possible through well-planned
design, they discontinued the relationship with this other
firm and retained Tippmann to build their new facility.
Rick
Roberts, Senior Project Engineer at H.E. Butt Grocery
Co. said, "Tippmann helped us save substantial dollars
over the previously estimated budget for our distribution
complex. Further, we have a superior facility —
one that will serve our company longer and will boost
our overall efficiency." Tippmann broke ground in
January, and finished five months later in May, so even
with the change in firms, H.E. Butt Grocery Co. managed
to meet its original schedule.
