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Kmart Grocery Wholesaler Plans a Distribution Center in Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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April 5, 2001
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2001 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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By Lynne McKenna Frazier, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 5--FORT WAYNE, Ind.--Kmart's decision to go with a single grocery wholesaler is paying off for Fort Wayne.
Fleming will open a 500-employee distribution center in the former Mattel Power Wheels plant at 3405 Meyer Road in early July. The warehouse will handle Fleming's Kmart business in Indiana, Illinois and western Ohio.
The Lewiston, Texas-based company made the announcement Tuesday, two months after Fleming snared a 10-year, $4.5 billion contract to handle all of Kmart's grocery business. That contract made Fleming the largest grocery wholesaler in the ...
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