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Ahold Delhaize USA opens new distribution center in Connecticut

Manchester facility to serve Stop & Shop stores and e-commerce operations

Russell Redman

September 20, 2021

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ADUSA Supply Chain said the Manchester DC houses state-of-the-art technology to support 'the future of food distribution.'ADUSA Supply Chain

Ahold Delhaize USA has opened a new 1 million-square-foot distribution center in Manchester, Conn., to serve its Stop & Shop supermarket chain.

ADUSA Supply Chain, the retailer’s distribution and logistics arm, said Monday that the DC will receive, select and transport 88 million cases of nonperishable grocery products annually for more than 450 Stop & Shop stores and e-commerce centers. The facility also features state-of-the-art technology to support “the future of food distribution,” according to the company.

Implemented by Ahold Delhaize USA’s Retail Business Services subsidiary, the DC’s technology includes Manhattan Associates’ Manhattan Active Warehouse Management system, a transportation and warehouse management solution. ADUSA said the dual solution will sharpen accuracy across transportation and labor management, improve efficiency at the site and minimize miles traveled. The facility also leverages end-to-end forecasting and replenishment technology from RELEX Solutions, which provides added precision in order accuracy and, in turn, improved in-stocks, fresher products and less food waste.

“The opening of the Manchester facility is an important milestone in the transformation of the supply chain serving Ahold Delhaize USA’s local brands,” ADUSA Supply Chain President Chris Lewis said in a statement. “With the addition of Manchester, we have added more than 2 million square feet of distribution capacity to our network in less than two months. Not only is Manchester an important part of rapid network expansion, it’s also well-equipped with technology solutions that will boost efficiency and ultimately result in the faster delivery of fresher products for consumers, no matter how they choose to shop.”

Related:Ahold Delhaize USA’s new Mauldin distribution center gets up and running

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At 1 million square feet, the Manchester DC will be one of the ADUSA network's largest facilities.

ADUSA noted that the Manchester DC marks the first facility in its network to carry the ADUSA Supply Chain brand. Based in Scarborough, Maine, the ADUSA Supply Chain family of companies includes ADUSA Supply Chain Services, ADUSA Distribution, ADUSA Transportation and ADUSA Procurement. The network serves the 2,044 stores and e-commerce operations of Ahold Delhaize USA’s Stop & Shop, Giant Food, Giant/Martin’s, Food Lion and Hannaford grocery chains on the East Coast.

The Manchester DC will employ more than 500 people locally when fully operational. Associates there will be employees of ADUSA Distribution, ADUSA Transportation and third-party labor management provider FHI, as well as of Lily and NFI, the facility’s dedicated transportation providers.

“We’re excited to officially be part of the Manchester community,” commented Zach Napolitano, campus lead for ADUSA Distribution Manchester. “Ahold Delhaize USA companies have been serving the Manchester community for many years, and we look forward to being a good neighbor and supporting this community for many years to come.”

Related:Ahold Delhaize USA moves closer to full self-distribution

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The Manchester, Conn., facility is the first to bear the ADUSA Supply Chain brand.

The opening of the Manchester site comes two months after Ahold Delhaize USA began operations at its new DC in Mauldin, S.C., acquired C&S Wholesale Grocers. The retailer purchased the 1.1 million-square-foot from C&S in May as part of its June 2020 acquisition of 62 Bi-Lo and Harveys stores from Southeastern Grocers. The C&S facility had served as Bi-Lo’s distribution center.

Ahold Delhaize is more than halfway through a three-year supply chain transformation in which the company expects more than 85% of its distribution network to be self-managed by the close of 2022. Plans call for five more DCs to be converted to self-management next year, raising the total number of integrated self-distribution facilities for store and e-commerce fulfillment to 25, up from 15 when the $480 million plan was announced in December 2019.

Facilities transitioning to the ADUSA Supply Chain network in 2022 include DCs in Bethlehem and York, Pa.; Chester, N.Y.; and two fully automated frozen warehouses in Mountville, Pa., and Plainville, Conn., opening in partnership with cold storage provider Americold.

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Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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