300 jobs expected at NLR Dollar General distribution facility

by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net)

Dollar General announced last July that it would build a $140 million warehouse distribution center in North Little Rock, confirming on Wednesday (Aug. 9) it expects to employ 300 workers locally.

Dollar General CEO Jeff Owen joined Little Rock and North Little Rock economic leaders and Gov. Sarah Sanders to make the announcement.

Owen said the facility in North Little Rock would be operational next year. When it was first announced a year ago, Dollar General also unveiled plans for major distribution hubs in Colorado and Oregon as part of a $480 million expansion.

Owen said Dollar General employs 4,700 Arkansans in 550 stores across the state.

https://talkbusiness.net/2023/08/300-jobs-expected-at-nlr-dollar-general-distribution-facility/

Westrock Coffee to build $70 million distribution center in Conway

by Roby Brock (roby@talkbusiness.net)

Westrock Coffee Co. announced Tuesday (Jan. 31) an agreement to develop a $70 million, 530,000-square-foot distribution center with Tempus Realty Partners, an Arkansas-based real estate investment partnership that was represented by Colliers Arkansas.

The 30-acre site will be located near heavily trafficked I-40 in Conway, just 30 miles from Little Rock.

Westrock Coffee will fully occupy the tilt-wall distribution center following construction, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. It is expected to support product and packaging produced at Westrock Coffee’s expanded extract and ready-to-drink manufacturing facility in Conway and additional distribution needs.

https://talkbusiness.net/2023/01/westrock-coffee-to-build-70-million-distribution-center-in-conway/

Rendering of new Westrock Coffee distribution center.

Tractor Supply Co. to open $100 million distribution center in Arkansas

KUAR | By Talk Business & Politics Staff

Published January 26, 2022 at 1:38 PM CST

Tractor Supply Company announced Wednesday it will build a new $100 million distribution center in Maumelle that will employ 450 full-time employees.

The 900,000-square-foot facility will service about 250 Tractor Supply stores, the company said, and will open in 2023. The southwest corner of the construction site is near the corner Champs Boulevard and Jackie Burnett Drive, northeast of Maumelle High School.

Tractor Supply currently operates 34 stores in the state of Arkansas and 2,003 stores in total across 49 states.

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2022-01-26/tractor-supply-co-to-open-100-million-distribution-center-in-arkansas

Tractor Supply Company

Tractor Supply Company announced Wednesday it will build a 900,000-square-foot distribution center in Maumelle that will employ 450 full-time employees.