{"id":32928,"date":"2025-10-25T10:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ahold-delhaize-invests-860m-to-build-north-carolina-distribution-center\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T10:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:17:12","slug":"ahold-delhaize-invests-860m-to-build-north-carolina-distribution-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ahold-delhaize-invests-860m-to-build-north-carolina-distribution-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahold Delhaize invests $860M to build North Carolina distribution center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Dive Brief:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ahold Delhaize USA has made an <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adusa.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/ahold-delhaize-usa-announces-plans-build-state-art-distribution\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$860 million investment to build a distribution center<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in Burlington, North Carolina, in an effort to grow its supply chain network, according to a Wednesday announcement.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The new facility will add over 1 million square feet of distribution infrastructure for fresh and frozen grocery items, which will primarily support the company\u2019s Food Lion stores.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>This Food Lion-focused distribution center comes as the banner continues to be Ahold Delhaize USA\u2019s golden goose, achieving its 51st consecutive quarter of positive comp-store sales growth in August.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dive Insight:<\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Construction on the distribution center, which will rely on automated supply chain technology, is slated to begin in 2026, and operations are expected to commence in 2029.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The new distribution center will allow Ahold Delhaize\u2019s stateside distribution and transportation companies to \u201cexpand their capacity to support Food Lion\u2019s growth in the state, along with bringing new jobs,\u201d Ahold Delhaize USA CEO JJ Fleeman said in a statement.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>This new site is part of the company\u2019s larger <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aholddelhaize.com\/about\/strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Growing Together strategy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, Ahold Delhaize noted in <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.aholddelhaize.com\/ahold-delhaize-announces-that-ahold-delhaize-usa-plans-to-build-state-of-the-art-distribution-center-in-north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>a separate announcement<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, and the latest step in the company\u2019s <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grocerydive.com\/news\/ahold-delhaizes-self-distribution-network-will-be-more-than-85-complete-i\/602286\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>self-distribution drive<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> that began six years ago.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The incoming Burlington, North Carolina, facility, which marks Ahold Delhaize\u2019s fourth in the state, will create over 500 new jobs, per the announcement. The company\u2019s other North Carolina sites are located in Salisbury, Butner and Dunn.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Food Lion, which has been a top-performing banner for Ahold Delhaize in recent years, currently has over <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.foodlion.com\/quick-facts\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>1,100 stores<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> across 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. In addition to its ongoing comp-store sales growth, the grocery chain led online sales growth stateside for Ahold Delhaize in its second quarter. Ahold Delhaize reached e-commerce profitability on a fully allocated basis during the first half of 2025, the company reported in August as part of its <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grocerydive.com\/news\/ahold-delhaize-omnichannel-strong-financial-second-quarter-2025\/756920\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>second-quarter<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> earnings presentation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/ahold-delhaize-usa-food-lion-distribution-center-facility\/803615\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Dive Brief: Ahold Delhaize USA has made an $860 million investment to build a distribution center in Burlington, North &#8230; <a title=\"Ahold Delhaize invests $860M to build North Carolina distribution center\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ahold-delhaize-invests-860m-to-build-north-carolina-distribution-center\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ahold Delhaize invests $860M to build North Carolina distribution center\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[457],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-dive","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}