Dallas/Ft. Worth

About

The Ben E. Keith-Fort Worth Division (DFW) is the flagship distribution center for the company. The facility was built in 2000 and expanded in 2019 adding 182,405 square feet to its dry warehouse portion, for a total of 770,781 square feet. The facility has 98 dock doors, 51 on the refrigerated side and 47 on the dry side. It is a shipping base to 175+ DSRs serving approximately 9,500 customers, most within a range of 250 miles. This facility has seven environmental zones and a dedicated section for national account selection. The freezer and dry sections include seven very narrow aisles (VNA) consisting of floating and fixed storage locations. The warehouse is stocked with over 26,000 SKUs and is staffed with 840 associates. Product is slotted by several criteria including crushability, stackability and velocity. Three Dematic Multi-Shuttles will be installed with the new expansion (2 dry & 1 freezer)