The Anderson-DuBose Co. will start operations Sept. 1 in its chilly and dry meals storage facility in Northwest Jacksonville, the distribution firm’s founder and CEO stated Aug. 21.
Talking on the JAXUSA Partnership Summer time Luncheon, Warren Anderson stated he was drawn to Jacksonville by the standard of its labor drive, proximity to highways and rail traces, and rising inhabitants.
“And the town needed us right here,” he stated. “We felt very welcomed.”
In March 2024, the Jacksonville Metropolis Council authorised a $1.5 million incentive for Anderson-DuBose to broaden to Jacksonville in a 120,000-square-foot facility on about 40 acres in Westlake Industrial Park. The next plans indicated a bigger undertaking.
The corporate, code-named Challenge Bobcat in metropolis paperwork, stated it will create not less than 85 jobs however anticipated 109 by the top of 2028. The annual payroll is anticipated at greater than $5.5 million, which averages to about $50,500 per job.
A metropolis Workplace of Financial Growth abstract of the undertaking listed a completion date no later than December 2026 for the brand new facility.
The town issued permits for building of 153,136-square-foot and 9,502-square-foot buildings on 33 acres at 4125 Cisco Drive W. at a mixed $39 million.
It additionally issued permits for accent buildings.
As of April 2025, the town listed the overall website enchancment value at $52.38 million.
Ohio-based Anderson-DuBose started in 1991 when the corporate purchased a McDonald’s distribution heart in Cleveland, in keeping with its web site.
It now distributes meals and paper gadgets to McDonald’s and Chipotle Mexican Grill areas.
Anderson’s remarks got here after Aundra Wallace, president of the JAX Chamber JAXUSA financial improvement division, introduced that distributor Sysco Worldwide Meals Group Inc. was the code-named Challenge Moana that acquired $2.5 million in incentives to broaden its operations to Westlake Industrial Park.
In an onstage dialog with Wallace, Anderson stated his firm “is like Sysco, however we’re method higher.”
“I’m glad that we’re right here, as a result of we’re going to point out you the way an actual distributor ought to work,” he stated, drawing laughter from the gang of 400 on the Florida Blue Convention Heart.
Anderson stated Anderson-DuBose’s two present amenities are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 within the nation by McDonald’s in a score system that features supply time, order achievement and different metrics.