ATLANTA, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Americold today
announced the grand opening of a new temperature-controlled storage
facility in Delhi, Louisiana. This
ultra-modern, energy efficient facility provides more than 4.7
million cubic feet of convertible temperature-controlled storage
space dedicated to the support of the adjacent ConAgra Foods Lamb
Weston sweet potato processing facility. The new facility is
located at 75 Highway 609.
The grand opening ceremony, which is being held March 4, 2011, will be attended by Americold and
Lamb Weston senior executives and will celebrate the dedication and
hard work that transformed the facility from concept to reality.
The event will include guest speakers, a ribbon cutting
ceremony, and a luncheon.
"The Delhi facility is symbolic
of our partnership with Lamb Weston and our commitment to achieving
mutually beneficial relationships with our customers that meet the
needs of their growing businesses," commented Jos Opdeweegh, Chief
Executive Officer of Americold. "Both organizations worked
around the clock to achieve shared goals for this new
state-of-the-art temperature-controlled storage facility. I am
proud of what our teams have accomplished in a short time frame."
"We are pleased to expand our long-term partnership with
Americold to Louisiana," said
Gary Cuddeford, vice president of
operations, ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston. "This new, efficient
Americold storage facility will help us meet our customers' needs
for quality sweet potato products, year-round."
About Lamb Weston
Lamb Weston, a brand of ConAgra
Foods, Inc., is North America's
premier supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and
other vegetable products, serving both the foodservice and retail
industries. For more information, please visit
www.lambweston.com.
About ConAgra Foods, Inc.
ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America's leading food companies, with
brands in 97 percent of America's households. Consumers find
Banquet, Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters, Healthy Choice, Hebrew
National, Hunt's, Marie Callender's,
Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, Peter
Pan, Reddi-wip, Slim Jim, Snack Pack and many other ConAgra
Foods brands in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise and club
stores. ConAgra Foods also has a strong business-to-business
presence, supplying frozen potato and sweet potato products as well
as other vegetable, spice and grain products to a variety of
well-known restaurants, foodservice operators and commercial
customers. For more information, please visit
www.conagrafoods.com.
About Americold Realty Trust
Americold is the global leader in temperature-controlled
warehousing and logistics to the food industry, offering the most
comprehensive warehousing, transportation, and logistics solutions
in the world. Based in Atlanta,
Georgia, Americold owns and operates 182
temperature-controlled warehouses in the
United States, Australia,
New Zealand, China, Argentina and Canada. Americold possesses the largest
cold storage network in the US with a total capacity of over 1.1
billion cubic feet of storage. Americold's warehouses are an
integral part of the supply chain connecting food producers,
processors, distributors, and retailers to the end consumer.
For more information about Americold visit
www.americoldrealty.com.
SOURCE Americold