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Golden State Foods Division Opens Fontana Facility for Starbucks Bananas
Golden State Foods’ Quality Custom Distribution division opened a new 183,000-square-foot warehouse in Fontana, CA that is dedicated to supplying 318 Starbucks in SoCal. The facility will mainly handle the coffee chain’s bananas.
Located at 7953 Cherry Ave., the facility features a 60,000-square-foot freezer and a separate “banana room,” which is a first for Quality Custom Distribution. The company is expected to hire at least 100 workers at the facility. It is Quality Custom Distribution’s 10th and largest Starbucks-dedicated facility.
The refrigerated storage rooms help keep bananas at their optimal temperature, between 55 and 70 degrees, which improves the ripening timing and extends the fruit’s shelf life. Nationwide, the distributor handles 1.3 million bananas per year, which equates to nearly a half-million pounds of the fruit.
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