COTTONWOOD, AL - McLane Dothan, a supply chain services company providing grocery and foodservice to chains across the U.S., will be giving its Alabama grocery distribution center a $17 million expansion.

Located near Cottonwood, the 320,000-square-foot facility will be adding somewhere between 70,000 and 80,000-square-feet to the existing site, according to the Dothan Eagle.

“Investing in the communities in which we operate is integral to our success, so we’re thrilled to hear that support of our expansion in the Houston County Distribution Park was approved,” Mike Price, President of McLane Dothan, said in a written statement, according to the report. The expansion is expected to add upwards of 50 jobs to the local area. “We look forward to growing our footprint within the (industrial) park as well as creating more jobs, much like we have done the past 17 years.”

The McLane umbrella supplies convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores, and chain restaurants throughout the United States. It operates more than 80 distribution centers, buying, selling, and delivering more than 50,000 different consumer products to 90,000 locations across the nation. Some on the list include:

• Walmart
• Sam's Club
• Walgreens
• 7-Eleven
• Target Stores
• Taco Bell
• Pizza Hut
• Sonic

Construction of the expansion is set to begin in January, and it’s expected to be completed in December, 2017.

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