DONNA, Texas – Bland Distribution Services (BDS) of Donna, Texas announces the expansion of its cold storage and dock areas. The distribution center broke ground in January 2008 and after unprecedented growth in just 2 years, a decision was made to expand the BDS cold storage space.
That expansion has recently been completed and BDS now has 100,000 square feet of cold, dry, packing, dock and office space. Cold storage space is divided into eight separately controlled areas with a 3,100 pallet position capacity. Each area incorporates Airo-cide technology, an air filtration and anti-ethylene gas system, and state-of-the-art refrigeration computer controls. The expansion included an additional six refrigerated dock doors bringing the total to eleven doors. BDS also has six dry docks and office space for lease to customers.
“We are most excited about the new refrigerated space for reworking and repacking shipments which assures the cold chain for our customers,” said Nick Sanchez, General Manager of BDS. “The facility has now doubled the controlled temperature zones from four to eight, increased dock doors has brought the loading time from check in to completion down to one hour. This expansion allows BDS to once again grow with their customers and develop new business, as it has been at full capacity since December 2010.
BDS opened in November 2008 as a cold storage and distribution center for fresh, frozen and dry goods. BDS specializes in consolidating loads, layer picking shipments, reconditioning/repacking and quality assurance inspections in addition to other quality services. BDS is Primus GFS and Organic Handling certified, has an onsite USDA inspection office, and has a full time Food Safety Director implementing comprehensive employee training with rigorous inventory control protocols, exceeding the basic requirements of the FDA. Detailed safety and security protocols ensure that product is continuously monitored for temperature, maturity, quality, and tampering. The facility is monitored by 24 hour video surveillance and all access to product is carefully monitored and controlled. Located in the South Texas Rio Grande Valley, it is minutes from three international bridges.
Source: Bland Distribution Services
