FreshDirect Opens State-Of-The-Art Facility in New York

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 18, 2018 - PRLog -- Online fresh food grocer, FreshDirect, opened its new state-of-the-art facility in New York City's South Bronx community on July 17th.

FreshDirect Campus (FDC), reimagines farm-to-fork food distribution and manufacturing, which will provide even higher-quality, fresher food for customers. It also enables the Company to add thousands of new products and accelerate its expansion into new geographies with its FreshDirect, FoodKick, and FreshDirect At The Office brands.

The 400,000-square-foot facility is equipped with robotic pick towers, smart routing technologies, and nine miles of conveyor belts.

"The launch of the FreshDirect Campus is the culmination of 16 years of learnings that have enabled us to reinvent the grocery industry with customer experience, food quality, and sustainability at its core," said FreshDirect CEO and Co-Founder, Jason Ackerman.

The environmentally friendly and highly energy efficient facility enables FreshDirect to transition from cardboard delivery boxes to recyclable bags. There will also be less food waste through a… To read the complete story, click on this link: https://abasto.com/en/news/freshdirect-opens-state-of-the-art-facility/