CINCINATTI, OH - More growth is in the cards for the ever-expanding Kroger Co. The company has revealed it is developing a $60 million distribution center in Greater Cincinnati. 

“More than 8.5 million customers shop in our stores every day and our goal is to always have our shelves stocked with the variety and selection our shoppers want,” said Frank Bruni, Kroger’s Vice President of Supply Chain and Logistics in an article by the Cincinnati Business Courier. “The new facility will help our logistics team to improve lead times and drive efficiencies for our stores and ultimately our customers.”

According to the source, Kroger purchased the facility from VanTrust Real Estate LLC for nearly $34 million, with plans to invest another $26 million in developing the building into a 674,000-square-foot distribution center. The company said it will use the facility as “a replenishment center,” servicing the company’s direct-to-store distribution centers across the eastern half of the country, and expects it to house 100 jobs. 

Gary Moore, Judge-Executive of Boone County, called the new facility an “impressive investment” that “will have a positive ripple effect throughout Northern Kentucky.” Kroger employs 20,000 workers in the region. Nationwide, the company employs 443,000 associates at nearly 2,800 supermarkets. 

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