Big business breaks ground in Northwest Jacksonville

The fast-food distribution company, Anderson-DuBose, is expanding its operation into Jacksonville.

The company broke ground on a brand new facility on Cisco Drive West, off Pritchard Road, on Tuesday.

Anderson DuBose Company, Inc. serves restaurant chains like McDonalds and Chipotle.

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The $60 million facility in Jacksonville will serve more than 300 hundred restaurants in the Southeast and provide 109 jobs to the city, according to a news release from JAXUSA Partnership .

In a social media post, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said, “I couldn’t be more excited that we will be home to Anderson-Dubose’s brand-new food storage facility in Northwest Jacksonville. They see our city’s promise, they know our reputation as America’s Logistics Hub, as well as a fantastic place to do business. This minority-owned and family-owned company is exactly the type of business that we want to attract to Jacksonville.”

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