Incoming loads are inspected for condition of the load, temperature of the load, proper dating of the load, etc. Similar inspections are done in-house and at the shipping dock. The facility selects and ships 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and employs approximately 300 people. Built in 1989 with an addition in 1999, the building is 350,000 total square feet. It employs 700 people, serving over 7,500 customers, six days a week.
All orders are consolidated and loaded from a refrigerated dock.
Deliveries are scheduled using a computerized routing system in conjunction with on-board computers. The fleet consists of almost 100 two and three division multi-temperature trailers as well as straight trucks. In-house mechanics maintain both engines and refrigeration systems. The Fleming-Minneapolis Division is based in a 446,000 square foot building originally constructed in 1956 with the latest addition in 1984. They also operate an additional 138,000 square foot facility exclusively for dry grocery on the same campus.