Ben E. Keith Company Opens New Distribution Center

January 14, 2022 Ben E. Keith Foods

On January 10, Ben E. Keith Foods – Southeast Division, shipped the first orders from its newest foodservice distribution center in New Brockton, AL. The new facility will service Eastern Mississippi, Western Georgia, the Florida Panhandle, and all of Alabama.

Ben E. Keith Foods Announces Customer Support Campaign

April 23, 2020 Ben E. Keith Foods

Ben E. Keith Foods has announced a Customer Support Campaign, Eat Local. Eat Often. This campaign initiative is a direct impact effort to support and raise awareness for restaurants, the foodservice industry, and local communities across the country.

Ben E. Keith Foods Announces Plans for a New Alabama Distribution Center

June 27, 2019 Ben E. Keith Foods

Ben E. Keith Foods today announced plans to build a 425,000 square foot foodservice distribution center in New Brockton, Alabama, located in Coffee County. The new state-of-the-art facility will be designed to accommodate future expansion up to 1 million square feet, positioning the company to expand its distribution coverage in the Southeast.

Ben E. Keith Foods Announces Initiative Targeting Plastic Packaging Reduction

May 1, 2019 Ben E. Keith Foods

Ben E. Keith, Markon and the Markon membership, have been working with the strawberry grower-partners and Sambrailo Packaging to introduce Ready-Cycle, corrugated, fully recyclable clamshells for the Markon First Crop (MFC) two-pound strawberry containers that Ben E. Keith Foods distributes. The new line of packaging will be applied to strawberry cartons expected to ship in June 2019.

Ben E. Keith Foods Announces Changes to Executive Team

February 5, 2019 Ben E. Keith Foods

After 36 years of dedicated service to Ben E. Keith Foods, Senior Vice President of Purchasing and Logistics Andy McCaskill is retiring from the 113-year-old foodservice distribution company. His replacement, Mike Needham, will assume his new role as Vice President of Purchasing and Logistics on July 15, 2019.