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Utz Brands announces opening of Rice Distribution Centre
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Friday, 27 December, 2024, 16 : 00 PM [IST]
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Utz Brands Inc., a leading US manufacturer of branded salty snacks, has announced the opening of the Rice Distribution Centre - a brand new, state-of-the-art logistics centre located in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The logistics centre is named in honour of Michael W. Rice, the grandson of Bill and Salie Utz, who recently retired after over 50 years of service with Utz.
The 650,000 square foot centre will serve as the primary logistics hub for inventory storage, consolidation and distribution for Utz facilities located across the United States. The centre boasts 73 dock doors and 375 trailer parking spots and will utilise advanced warehouse management system functionality. To put the size of this building into context, it could house approximately 11 football fields, 9 Boeing 747s, and 46.8 million Utz Cheese Ball “barrels” inside its four walls. Additionally, the company estimates that this facility will touch 2.3 million pallets of product and 1.1 billion pounds of product per year, which amounts to an estimated 18 billion snack food servings.
Thanks to the collaboration of the Borough of Hanover, Adams County, PennDOT, and the Governor’s office of transformation and opportunity, a new traffic light will be installed at the intersection of High Street and Kindig Lane. This will ease congestion on these busy streets surrounding Utz Hanover operations.
Conewago Enterprises Inc., a family-owned design-build general contractor serving the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond, with headquarters only two miles from the new centre, was the building partner on the new warehouse facility.
"It’s been an honour to be part of the Utz journey over the last 50 + years. This new logistics centre represents the Company’s historic values of reinvestment, growth, hard work, and putting our customers first. I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished together, and I know this facility will help drive even greater success in the future," said Rice.
Howard Friedman, CEO of Utz Brands, Inc., said, “Our new logistics centre reflects our commitment to operational excellence and growth. The facility expands capacity, enhances efficiency, and streamlines operations for our customers, and we are proud to honour Mike Rice’s extraordinary legacy through it. A sincere thanks to the State of Pennsylvania and our many local agencies for their help and support in bringing this vision to life in a way that alleviates traffic flow and congestion in our community.”
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