In the spring of this year, the fifth and largest Distribution Center of the Portuguese company Jeronimo Martins Dystrybucja (JMD) was opened in Kostrzyn near Poznań. It serves over 100 Biedronka discount stores in the Greater Poland, West Pomeranian, and parts of the Lubusz provinces. The investment (carried out from August 2004 to March 2005) cost 45 million PLN.
The new facility, with an area of 22,964 sq. m (an additional 20,000 sq. m is occupied by roads, sidewalks, and parking lots: 51 spaces for trucks and 60 spaces for passenger cars), features, among other things, 43 loading and unloading ramps, 8,736 pallet spaces, a cold store and freezer (1,000 sq. m), office space (1,000 sq. m), and is serviced by 40 trucks and 32 electric forklifts. 140 employees are employed on two shifts. The total area of the site on which the new Center is located is 6 hectares. The average distance to each of the served stores is 130 km, and the average daily loading and unloading reaches 1,700 pallets.
The nationwide Biedronka grocery discount chain, owned by JMD, which began operations in Poland in 1995, had 727 outlets in 400 cities at the end of last year (serving 320 million customers annually), employing 11,000 people. Over the last 10 years, the Portuguese have invested 450 million euros in the development of Biedronka, achieving a profit for the first time last year (10 million euros).
The new facility, with an area of 22,964 sq. m (an additional 20,000 sq. m is occupied by roads, sidewalks, and parking lots: 51 spaces for trucks and 60 spaces for passenger cars), features, among other things, 43 loading and unloading ramps, 8,736 pallet spaces, a cold store and freezer (1,000 sq. m), office space (1,000 sq. m), and is serviced by 40 trucks and 32 electric forklifts. 140 employees are employed on two shifts. The total area of the site on which the new Center is located is 6 hectares. The average distance to each of the served stores is 130 km, and the average daily loading and unloading reaches 1,700 pallets.
The nationwide Biedronka grocery discount chain, owned by JMD, which began operations in Poland in 1995, had 727 outlets in 400 cities at the end of last year (serving 320 million customers annually), employing 11,000 people. Over the last 10 years, the Portuguese have invested 450 million euros in the development of Biedronka, achieving a profit for the first time last year (10 million euros).
The article comes from the magazine “Logistyka” No. 3/2005.