Another distribution center is planned in the Interstate 94 corridor between Milwaukee and Chicago.
Providence, R.I.-based United Natural Foods Inc., which claims to be the largest distributor of natural, organic food in the nation, plans to build a 400,000- to 500,000-square-foot distribution center at the southwest corner of Highways H and 11 in Sturtevant.
The facility will have about 225 to 250 employees, said United Natural Foods chief financial officer Mark Shamber.
“It would allow us to serve the market going down to Chicago,” he said.
United Natural Foods has 26 distribution centers in the U.S. The company’s largest customer is Whole Foods, but it provides natural, organic food products for a variety of independent grocers and regional chains, Shamber said.
