Performance Food Group Building New Distribution Center in Indiana; Contractor Identified

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). One of the nation's largest foodservice providers, Performance Food Group Company (NASDAQ: PFGC) (Richmond, Virginia) is building a new food distribution center in Kendallville, Indiana. (PLT 1062535)

Ground was broken in late 2003 and currently dirt work and site preparation activities are underway for a new 201,000 square foot refrigerated and dry storage distribution center to service the company's rapidly growing customized division. The customized division services casual-dining restaurant chains such as Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Outback Steakhouse, TGI Friday's, and Ruby Tuesday.

Performance Food Group selected T.W. Frierson Contractor Incorporated (Nashville, Tennessee) as the primary contractor for this $26 million project and completion of construction is expected by September of 2004.

The site is located off U.S. 6 and Rogers Road in Kendallville and 150 new jobs will be created when the center becomes fully operational.

Performance Food Group markets and distributes more than 61,000 national and private-label food and food-related products to approximately 46,000 customers. In 2002, company-wide net sales exceeded $4 billion. They operate nineteen distribution centers in the U.S. in fifteen different states.