Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated Plans $60 Million Food Distribution Center in Indiana

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated Houston, Texas). Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated (NYSE:WMT) (Bentonville, Arkansas), the world's #1 retailer, plans to build a $60 million food distribution center in Gas City, Indiana.

Plans are to construct an 895,000 square foot distribution center with dry, cooler, and freezer storage areas to support regional food distribution operations. An architectural and engineering firm will be selected in May 2005 and a general contractor in July 2005. Construction is anticipated for September 2005, with overall completion slated for April 2006. The facility will create 600 new jobs. The Gas City distribution center is expected to provide Wal-Mart the opportunity to better serve its stores in the state of Indiana.

Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, is considered to be the world's #1 retailer, with more than $218 billion in annual sales. The company currently operates 1,478 discount stores, 1,471 supercenters (combination discount and grocery stores), 540 warehouse stores (SAM's Club), and 64 neighborhood markets in the United States. Wal-Mart currently has 110 operational distribution centers and is continuing to build more centers to support new stores and its expansion into groceries. Wal-Mart currently operates in all fifty states in the United States and internationally in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.

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