Close to $1 Billion in New U.S. Cold Storage Warehouse Construction for 2004 as Demand for Frozen Foods Increases

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). According to the American Frozen Food Institute, the frozen dinner and entree category continues to be the largest frozen food market sector with more than $5.9 billion in annual supermarket sales. Total retail sales of frozen foods in the U.S. reached more than $26.6 billion in 2002, 6.1 percent higher than 2001.

Transporting perishable goods to wholesalers and consumers continues to be the largest expense for food producers and construction of new cold storage facilities and expansions are at an all time high.

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According to data extracted from Industrialinfo.com's Industrial Project Database, sixty new cold storage construction projects will occur this year and on through 2004.

Currently, in the United States, there are approximately 755 major operational cold storage facilities scattered across the nation totaling millions of cubic square feet of storage area.

The cold storage industry is projected to spend close to $1 billion in capital dollars over the next two years expanding and building new facilities. Wal-Mart alone has five new food distribution facilities on the drawing board and food distribution leader SYSCO Food Service is planning seven new projects.

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