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out and testing taking a further 11 months for completion and employed approximately 300 local trades people during the process.
“We’re the first in Australia to have forklift with lithium batteries, supplied by Crown, which is another family business,” Drake says.
Drakes Supermarkets was Metcash’s largest wholesale supermarket in South Australia and until now, accounted for roughly 3.5 per cent of its food and grocery sales. The loss of Drakes from the Metcash/ Foodland Group was reportedly expected to cost the group around $270 million in sales and
“ We are a South Australian, family owned and operated business that has taken the leap to go out on our own, take on the big corporations and provide our customers the biggest range of products for the best possible prices.”
The facility has a fully equipped gym for all employees to use and all meals will be catered for in the onsite kitchen, including free lunches.
PARTING WAYS
The self-funded, 55,000 square metre facility formalises the break from the Metcash/ Foodland Group.
Drake turns over more than $1 billion in annual sales through its 50 stores in South AustraliaandQueensland.
$16 million in earnings, a statement from Drakes said.
In June, Metcash and Drakes signed a new agreement for Metcash to supply its South Australian Foodland supermarkets until September. But it also entered a supply deal to supply Queensland for a further five years.
The first trucks will leave the distribution centre next week to supply all stores in South Australia with the capacity to load50semi-trailersperday. ✷
LEFT TO RIGHT: JP Drake, director; Roger Drake, managing director; Bob Soang, general manager; and Glenn Sutcliffe, logistics manager.
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