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Mills Fleet Farm Announces Plan to Build New Distribution Center in Chippewa Falls, WI

June 27, 2017 Topics: Media, News

Mills Fleet Farm, which sells everything from hunting gear and lawn equipment to hardware and automotive supplies to clothing and branded foods, plans to build a 1.1 million square-foot distribution center in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The project is part of a growth strategy to expand the retail footprint and double the size of the company in the next six years.

“The Chippewa Falls distribution center will help us modernize our supply chain…and facilitate planned growth of future retail stores in Wisconsin and the Midwest,” CEO Wayne Sales said in a statement.

The facility is expected to be completed in early 2018.

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