New Rochelle, N.Y.-based importer LGS Specialty Sales has announced the spring opening of its new 235,000-square-foot warehouse.
The facility expansion will enable the company to further its strategic growth to help its customers meet their shoppers’ needs, according to a news release.
Set to open in New Jersey in the spring of next year, the new warehouse will help further the company’s mission of vertical integration by automating workflows to control cost increases, create more consistent packs, ensure the highest quality and maintain inventory control, according to the release.
The automated facility is less than 20 miles from all major Delaware River Ports and less than one mile from I-295 to ensure faster, fresher delivery of fruit, according to the release. The warehouse is also equipped with 26 door docks, 10 cooler rooms, 11 bagging lines with 22 baggers, three 30-pallet avocado ripening rooms and 60,000 square feet of packing area, the release said.
“With everything under one roof, we are able to offer our customers faster loading and unloading times with the same first-in-class customer service we have always upheld at LGS,” Luke Sears, president and founder of LGS Specialty Sales, said in the release. “We look forward to opening our doors in 2023 to better serve existing and new customers!”
