McLane began his career in 1959 loading trucks in his family's grocery distribution center on the night shift.
Worked in warehouse of family grocery distribution center 1959; McLane Company grew into international holding company spanning 18 divisions, including food service, software and novelty gifts.
Cainiao, Alibaba's logistics affiliate, announced a major expansion that includes a new 60,000 square-meter grocery distribution center to cover 25 cities in eastern China.
Worked night shift loading trucks in warehouse of family grocery distribution center 1959; McLane Company grew into international holding company spanning 18 divisions, including food service, software and novelty gifts.
In any case, this grocery distribution center is really happening: Earth movers are moving earth as we speak, and it's expected to bring in about 450 jobs.
Wal-Mart, which has grocery distribution centers so big that they can house up to four million bananas at once, is considered an industry leader in logistics.
The warehouse, which will begin operating in July 2015, is the largest of Cainiao's five grocery distribution centers and will power deliveries of Tmall Supermarket orders in Shanghai, as well as the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and An'hui.
Note: Kaffir lime leaves are sold frozen at Chinatown shops like Asia Market, 71 1/2 Mulberry Street, and Bangkok Center Grocery, 104 Mosco Street, which also sell other Thai ingredients.
Bangkok Center Grocery, 104 Mosco Street, (212) 732-8916; thai-grocery.com.com
Down in Chinatown, Bangkok Center Grocery is popular both among Thais and New Yorkers who like Thai food.
