Schwan’s Company announced that it will expand the refrigeration distribution center at its pizza manufacturing facility by 140,000 square feet, creating 225 new jobs.
Schwan’s is a leading food producer in the United States, and has been in the process of adding 400,000 square feet to the manufacturing side of the facility since 2020. The company promised additional projects in the coming years when that project began.
The expansion will more than double the size of Schwan’s distribution center built in 2006. The latest project is expected to begin in 2023 and be completed in early 2025. Company representatives said that the project will expand the total distribution center space to 245,000 square feet. The company’s manufacturing and distribution components in Salina will exceed 1 million combined square feet upon completion.
The additional distribution center space will be used to increase storage for the pizzas produced at the plant. The state-of-the-art expansion will include a 38,000-pallet-position racking system with three automated pallet cranes.
In total, Schwan’s has invested $600 million into its Salina facility.
