Penske Wins Contract to Manage Kroger’s Indiana Distribution Center

Penske Logistics said it won a contract to manage Kroger’s 600,000 square foot refrigerated food distribution center in West Shelbyville, Ind.

Penske said it hired all 816 existing workers including those represented by the Teamsters.

“We’ve continued to diversify our portfolio of customers over the last several years to include warehousing and distribution center operations for leading food, beverage and grocery customers in North America, Europe and Asia,” President of Penske Logistics, Marc Althen said in a statement.

Penske Logistics ranks No. 30 on the Transport Topics Top 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.