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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.
