Managing Editor Seeing the need to expand its current facility, Merchants Distributors sought an automated mixed-case fulfillment solution from Dematic.
Wholesale grocery distributor Merchants Distributors, Inc. (MDI), whose parent company is Hickory, North Carolina-based Alex Lee Inc., will deploy an automated mixed-case fulfillment solution from Dematic as part of the upcoming renovation and expansion of MDI’s primary operations center.
Having added 33% more stores, with sales growing at 45% over the past five years, MDI saw the need to expand its current facility in North Carolina’s Caldwell County. That being the case, the company sought technology from Dematic that would enable it to reallocate existing employees to more productive, more ergonomic and higher-paid positions. The 200,000-square-foot expansion to MDI’s ambient-temperature facility and larger capacity will create 111 jobs.
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ATLANTA, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Dematic announced today an agreement to supply Merchants Distributors (MDI), a leading wholesale grocery distributor, with an automated mixed-case fulfillment solution for the upcoming renovation and expansion of their primary operations center.
Dematic to supply leading wholesale grocery distributor Merchants Distributors (MDI) with an automated mixed-case fulfillment solution for their primary operations center expansion.
MDI and its parent company Alex Lee, Inc. are based in Hickory, North Carolina, distributing both food and non-food grocery items to more than 600 retail stores across the United States and other locations. It is a company with a culture that highly values its employees and community. MDI is also aggressively cu