REWE Invests €250m In New Distribution Centre In Magdeburg

The German retailer has invested around €250 million in the new building, spanning approximately ​​49,500 square metres, it added.

REWE teamed up with warehouse automation solutions provider Swisslog to implement automation technology at the facility.

Peter Maly, chief operating officer of logistics and supply chain management at REWE Group, stated, “With 50% full automation, the RE D 39 [the new facility] is now the next evolutionary step in central logistics and makes Magdeburg one of the most modern logistics locations – not just for us in the REWE Group, but in all of Europe.”

Distribution Centre

In due course, RE D 39 will supply food items to nine regional warehouses in the REWE East and North regions and 1,900 stores.

In addition to REWE, the customers of the new logistics centre include stores from Nahkauf and other trading partners of the REWE Group.

The logistics centre has space for 20,000 dry goods items, and on peak days, up to 286,000 packages can leave the distribution centre per day via 53 outgates for goods.

When fully operational, the facility will employ 270 people, the company added.

The products that will be manually packed include light and small goods.

Sustainability Focus

The facility will have a positive impact on the REWE Group’s climate goal as it will save approximately four million kilometres of transport distance every year.

Moreover, the building has earned ‘Gold’ status from the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB).

The facility has been designed as a multi-storey structure to limit soil sealing.

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