Business & Tech
Ocean Spray Distributor Plans Weisenberg Township Warehouse
NFI of Cherry Hill, N.J. has broken ground on a $9.3 million distribution facility.
A supply chain company that will serve as the distribution center for Ocean Spray announced it has broken ground on a Weisenberg Township facility.
NFI of Cherry Hill, N.J., will be the tenant for a new 980,000-square-foot facility in Weisenberg Township. This building will be used as the future distribution center for a worldwide food and beverage cooperative that includes Ocean Spray.
Ocean Spray is currently building 225,000 square-foot bottling facility on 44 acres between Schantz Road and Route 100. That project is expected bring 165 jobs to the local area.
NFI's will spend $9.3 million on the distribution center that will bring 126 new jobs to the area.
The plan, just as Ocean's Spray's Upper Macungie Township project, has the backing of Gov. Tom Corbett.
"We are pleased that NFI has continued to expand within the commonwealth, bringing new jobs to Lehigh County and having a positive economic impact on local communities," Corbett said in a release.
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