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ID NEWS: Ben E. Keith to build 285,000-square-foot replacement center in Oklahoma City

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 10, 2003
Ben E. Keith Foods, Fort Worth, Texas, a division of Ben E. Keith Company, has announced the purchase of an 80-acre site for a replacement center in Oklahoma City. The southwestern regional broadliner will build a 285,000-square-foot facility there.

"Our expanding markets in Oklahoma necessitated construction of a larger distribution facility to better serve our customers' needs," comments Howard Hallam, president of Ben E. Keith Company.

"We have outgrown our current location and look forward to having a new facility that will meet existing requirements and allow for future expansion of up to 800,000 square feet," adds Kirk Purnell, general manager of the Oklahoma Div. of Ben E. Keith Foods.
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