Value Delivered
Caito Foods chose Food Tech, Inc. to plan and design-build its Ohio produce distribution center.
Our solutions included cost-effective insulated steel frame construction and zone engineering to help achieve precise temperature and humidity requirements.
Additionally, our ergonomically-designed material handling system allowed order selectors to access hundreds of stock keeping units at floor level.
Client Objectives
Caito Foods needed a new produce distribution center geographically located to facilitate shipping fresh product by minimizing truck delivery miles.
Solutions
Our solutions for the 65,000-square-foot addition with 43,000-square-feet of expansion space at Caito Food’s produce distribution center included:
- Multi-temperature and humidity zones
- Pressurized banana rooms
- Double-sided refrigerated docks
- Regional office
- Material handling design
- Ergonomic and productive racking system
Client Background
Founded in 1960, Caito Foods is an industry-leading nationwide wholesale produce distributor and fresh-cuts processor.