Institutional
Wholesale Co. is a family-owned, independent food supply
company headquartered in Cookville, Tennessee. Located
just outside Nashville, the company had operated three
separate warehouses — one for dry items, a cooler
facility and a freezer — all at different locations.
IWC had outgrown each of these facilities due to sheer
volume and SKU growth and wanted to consolidate their
operations in one state-of-the-art location.
By
touring several Tippmann facilities, IWC executives discovered
the value in doing business with a construction company
that also had years of experience as an owner-operator
of refrigerated warehouses. Further, they were impressed
with Tippmann's Fast-Track construction process, which
allowed for the completion of their project within five
months.
The
resulting 96,000 square foot facility includes dry, refrigeration
and frozen storage space with a centrally located operations
core. Not only did the unique design work well with the
lay of the land for truck staging, it produced much greater
efficiency through reduced travel distance. In addition,
the design allows for future expansion on IWC's attractive
21-acre site.
