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

Former C&S Wholesale Grocers facility will supply Food Lion supermarkets

Russell Redman

July 19, 2021

4 Min Read
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When fully operational, ADUSA's Mauldin, S.C., facility will fulfill grocery, fresh, frozen, health and beauty care and break-pack shipments for nearly 200 Food Lion stores.Food Lion

This weekend, Ahold Delhaize USA began operations at its new distribution center in Mauldin, S.C., acquired C&S Wholesale Grocers.

ADUSA Supply Chain, the retailer’s distribution arm, said Monday that its first shipments at the Mauldin DC went out to 56 Food Lion supermarkets on July 17. Dairy, fresh and frozen products were the first items to begin shipping from the facility. When fully operational, the DC will fulfill grocery, fresh, frozen, health and beauty care and break-pack shipments for nearly 200 grocery stores, ADUSA reported.

The 1.1 million-square-foot distribution campus encompasses nine buildings and a large training and conference center. ADUSA said the DC is one of the largest in its network.

Ahold Delhaize USA purchased the Mauldin DC from C&S in May. The transaction stemmed from the retailer’s 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.

“The opening of the Mauldin distribution campus is another important step forward in our work to transform the ADUSA supply chain network, deepening our distribution reach into the Southeast,” Chris Lewis, president of ADUSA Supply Chain, said in a statement. “Continuing to expand the network infrastructure is core to our ability to serve brands like Food Lion that trust us to always deliver so they can be there for their customers with fresh, in-stock products whenever, wherever, however they want to shop.” 

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Also this year, ADUSA Supply Chain is slated to open a new DC in Manchester, Conn., which will supply Ahold Delhaize USA’s Stop & Shop.

Last month, Ahold Delhaize said it has reached the halfway point of a three-year supply chain transformation, in which the company now 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. ADUSA acquired the York and Chester warehouses from C&S, as well as the lease for the C&S-run Bethlehem facility.

Most recently, in March, ADUSA shifted procurement from the Freetown Grocery DC in Assonet, Mass., which supplies Stop & Shop, to the self-managed network. The move gave the 1.1 million-square-foot facility direct control of inventory and replenishment. Plans call for DCs in Jessup, Md. (serving Giant Food), and Carlisle, Pa. (serving The Giant Company), to transition procurement services to the self-distribution network in 2021.

Related:Ex-Stop & Shop chief Mark McGowan joins C&S Wholesale Grocers

ADUSA noted that it’s actively hiring in Mauldin and 17 other network locations. Since May, more than 250 associates have been hired and onboarded at the Mauldin campus, which will employ more than 800 in the local community. The company said it’s seeking full-time employees for driver, selector, forklift operator, sanitation and facilities maintenance roles.

“It’s a great time to join ADUSA Distribution and ADUSA Transportation,” said John Patriquin, SVP, ADUSA Distribution and Transportation. “There is a great deal of investment going into the supply chain, and we pride ourselves on a culture of care for our people. We truly believe our associates, who have served on the front lines during the pandemic, are today’s superheroes. We are actively hiring in Mauldin and at all of our other East Coast locations. We invite interested applicants to visit our jobs site and come grow a career with us.” 

The Scarborough, Maine-based ADUSA Supply Chain family of companies includes ADUSA Supply Chain Services, ADUSA Distribution, ADUSA Transportation and ADUSA Procurement. The network serves the 2,028 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.

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About the Author

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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