PepsiCo Opens Its Second-Largest U.S. Distribution Center in Smyrna, Tenn.
PepsiCo on Aug. 6 celebrated the opening of a nearly 400,000-sq.-ft. warehouse and distribution center in Smyrna, Tenn. – now the company's largest in the Southeast and second largest in the country.
The LEED Silver-certified facility has office spaces and a climate-controlled warehouse. Sustainability features include all-electric warehousing equipment -- part of the company's pep+ sustainability program. Cost of the building was not disclosed.
The facility has the capacity to distribute 20 million cases of PepsiCo beverages annually -- including Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Bubly, Gatorade and Rockstar -- serving 14 counties in the Nashville metropolitan area.
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