The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, announced plans to open a $175 million state-of-the-art distribution center on the nearly 1,000-acre Fort Gillem property, a former U.S. Army base, in Jonesboro, Ga.

Blue Bell Creameries completed a new 12,000-square-foot branch distribution center located at 5009 Nelson Road in Cary, N.C.

United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., announced plans to build a second cold storage and logistics facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Save-A-Lot, a St. Louis, Mo.-based subsidiary of SUPERVALU, developed a new 140,000-square-foot food distribution center in Aurora, Colo.

United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI), Providence, R.I., announced plans to build a $37.8 million distribution center in Prescott, Wis., a project expected to create up to 314 jobs over three years.

SUPERVALU INC., Eden Prairie, Minn., purchased 35 Class 8 Volvo trucks that operate on compressed natural gas (CNG).

Hy-Vee, Inc., West Des Moines, Iowa, reduced lighting-related energy consumption by 74% in their Chariton, Iowa, perishables distribution center’s freezer warehouse after an LED lighting upgrade installed by SmartWatt Energy.

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The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, unveiled a clean energy production system that will convert food that can’t be sold or donated into clean energy to help power its Ralphs/Food 4 Less Compton, Calif., distribution center.