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Featured Story: DHL to Run New $44 Million Campbell Soup Logistics Hub
August 9, 2017 - The Campbell Soup Co. broke ground Aug. 8 on a $44 million distribution center in Hancock County, Ohio, that officials said will serve as the company’s future Midwest distribution hub.
Officials with Camden, N.J.-based Campbell said they expect to employ 220 people at the hub when it opens early next year. The 740,000-square-foot facility will be operated by transportation and logistics firm DHL Supply Chain.
“We’re moving to a model that a lot of consumer product companies use, which is basically to ship products from our manufacturing sites to distribution centers with access to good ground transportation and rail,” said Mark Cacciatore, vice president of supply chain for Campbell. (Read More)