NORTH
CAROLINA SITE WILL PROVIDE DISTRIBUTION FOR BOTH GFI'S
WHOLESALE INGREDIENTS AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS PORTFOLIOS
TORONTO, Sept. 14,
2022 /CNW/ - Global Food and Ingredients Ltd. (TSXV:
PEAS) ("GFI" or the "Company"), announced today the
opening of its first distribution centre in the US, located in
Clayton, North Carolina, near
Raleigh. The distribution centre will provide truckload and
less-than-truckload wholesale ingredients distribution while also
acting as a fulfillment centre for GFI's plant-based branded
consumer products portfolio. The distribution centre is
approximately 17,500 square feet in area and will also house future
processing lines to complement its fulfillment functions. In
addition, GFI's North Carolina
sales office will be moved to the new Clayton location to further optimize
operations.
"The new Clayton distribution
centre will enable GFI to save on external distribution expenses
while also increasing efficiency and quality control for both our
wholesale and consumer segments. This is the first of several
distribution centers that GFI intends to roll out across
North America over the next few
years" said David Hanna, GFI's
CEO.
"This is an ideal location to begin our inhouse distribution
operations, with more than half of the US population within a day's
shipment time" added Jaime Rueda,
Vice President and President, North Lily Foods.
GFI has been operating in North
Carolina since April 2020
where it established its US headquarters under the name North Lily
Foods, Inc.
About GFI
GFI is a fast-growing Canadian plant-based food and ingredients
company, connecting the local farm to the global supply chain for
peas, beans, lentils, chickpeas and other high protein specialty
crops. GFI is organized into four primary business lines: Pea
Protein Inputs, Plant-Based Ingredients, Plant-Based Pet Food
Ingredients and Plant-Based Consumer Packaged Goods. Headquartered
in Toronto, GFI buys directly from
its extensive network of farmers, processes its products locally at
its four wholly-owned processing facilities in Western Canada and ships to 37 countries
across the world.
GFI's vision to become a vertically integrated farm-to-fork
plant-based company providing traceable, locally sourced, healthy
and sustainable food and ingredients. Through recent
acquisition and development activities, GFI now offers a full suite
of Plant-Based Consumer Packaged goods with over 20 SKUs under the
YoFiit, Bentilia and Five Peas in Love brands.
SOURCE Global Food and Ingredients
