Target Launches $367M Food Distribution Center in Colorado

Target’s ‘food-forward’ strategy includes supply chain improvements, too

The retailer’s newest and largest food facility to date replenishes the nearly 130 stores it serves up to two days faster than before.

Target launches $367M food distribution center in Colorado

The retailer’s newest and largest food facility to date replenishes the nearly 130 stores it serves up to two days faster than before.

Target’s Giant Thornton Food Hub Turbocharges Denver Grocery Scene

Thornton just became a major player in Target’s grocery game. On Monday, the retailer flipped the switch on its largest food distribution center yet, a temperature-controlled giant in the Denver suburbs that clocks in at roughly 529,000 square feet. The project represents a $367 million investment and will employ about 383 people, all aimed at speeding fresh and frozen deliveries to stores across the region. According to Target, the Thornton Foo…

Target opens its largest food distribution center in Colorado

It’s also the first with consolidation capabilities

Target Opens Its Largest Food Distribution Center In Denver Suburb

Target Corp. has opened the largest food distribution center in its nationwide rollout in Thornton as the Minnesota-based retailer continues investing in its food and beverage supply chain. This is Target’s ninth food distribution center and its first with consolidation capabilities, the company said in a statement Monday. The consolidation center is intended to reduce the volume and cost of transportation and streamline arrivals, the company sa…