Baldor Specialty Foods, a Northeast and Mid-Atlantic produce and specialty foods distributor announced it has signed a lease for a new facility in Lanham, Maryland to significantly expand and enhance its operations in the DC area. The new 100,000-square-foot warehouse facility includes 35 dock doors which will allow Baldor DC to essentially double its number of routes over the next few years and provide quicker and earlier deliveries to its restaurant and foodservice customers.
Just 12 miles out of Washington, the warehouse is located in the Hargrove Industrial Campus at 4450 Hargrove Drive in Lanham, MD. The large space and strategic location allow Baldor to improve picking capabilities to satisfy increasingly diverse customer demand, speed up delivery times and add additional area farms and vendors to its roster of fresh, local sources.
“We see our customers’ success as our success and delivering for them means providing the best possible ingredients and service every single day,” said Baldor Specialty Foods president, Mike Muzyk. “As our customer base has grown in DC, Maryland and Virginia, we recognized the need for more space and a location that allows us to get more trucks out and out faster.”
“The Lanham property also represents a continued investment in the economy of the area,” said Krenar Jusufi, VP of engineering, who joined Baldor in June 2022 from HelloFresh, where he was director of automation and engineering. Jusufi helped identify the location, which he says was ideal. “Not only for the size of the property but also proximity to major highways, which allows us to deliver efficiently to all surrounding areas, as well as its local community to draw from for employment opportunities,” says Jusufi.
As part of these expanded operations, the company will be looking to hire upwards of 100 workers, including drivers and warehouse workers. This will help bring related economic vitality to the Lanham region. The expansion echoes the company’s earlier expansions in Boston and Philadelphia markets as well as additions to its Hunts Point, New York headquarters in the Bronx.
“Since we launched operations in the D.C. area in 2012, we've seen incredible demand for our products from local chefs and the local team--now 70 strong--has risen to the challenge," says Dominic Vasold, operations manager for the region. "We are excited that this new location will allow us to prepare for the next decade of growth."
For more information:
Lynn Munroe
Baldor Foods
Tel: +1 (845) 548-1211
lynn@maracaibomedia.com
www.baldorfood.com