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Stater Bros. Markets to Deliver First Load of Refrigerated Product to New Norton Distribution Center
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Stater Bros. Markets is
pleased to announce the first delivery of Refrigerated Product to its 2.1
million sq. ft. Norton Distribution Center. This historic occasion will be
under the direction of the Company's Vice President-Produce Division Roger
Schroeder. Schroeder will be accompanying Stater Bros' Senior Truck Driver
Danny Flores to begin the process of transferring product from the current
Produce Distribution Center inColton to the new Refrigerated Distribution
Center inSan Bernardino.
Stater Bros. Chairman and CEO Jack H. Brown, who will be at the new
Distribution Center to greet the truck when it arrives, stated, "We are so
proud of our new energy efficient Refrigerated Distribution Center. Now, over
90% of our perishables will be coming out of our new Stater Bros. Norton
Distribution Center inSan Bernardino."
The Company's new Refrigerated Distribution Center is scheduled to begin
operation this month and includes multiple temperature zones which range from
55 degrees F to -20 degrees F, a humidity controlled produce room, two
humidity controlled floral rooms, energy efficient air doors, and other state-
of-the-art technologies to contribute to a safe and productive operation.
The new Stater Bros. Dry Distribution Center began operation in February
of 2008.
The new Stater Bros. Norton Distribution Center replaces eight Stater
Bros. Distribution Centers, which were located inColton,Redlands, andMira
Loma.
The media are invited to attend this event.
WHEN: Monday, September 8, 2008
9:00 a.m.
WHERE: 301 South Tippecanoe Avenue
San Bernardino, California 92408
(truck entrance is on Tippecanoe at Mill Street)
Stater Bros. was founded in 1936 inYucaipa, California, and has grown
steadily through the years to become the largest privately owned Supermarket
Chain inSouthern California and the largest employer in bothSan Bernardino
County andRiverside County, with annual sales in 2007 of $3.7 billion. Last
year, Stater Bros. contributed over $15 million in support of nonprofit
organizations in the communities it serves, with an emphasis on worthy
programs that benefit hunger relief, health and nutrition, and education. The
Company currently operates 165 Supermarkets, and there are over 19,000 members
of the Stater Bros. "Family" of Employees.
STATER BROS. MARKETS...SERVING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FAMILIES FOR OVER 72 YEARS
Contact:
Susan Atkinson
Vice President Corporate Affairs
Stater Bros. Markets
(909) 733-5038
SOURCE Stater Bros.
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