Food distribution giant moves ahead on $65 million distribution center

On a scorching June afternoon earlier this month, a large group of public officials, corporate big wigs and developers gathered in the shadows of Interstate 4 for a ceremony marking the start of construction for a massive new distribution center in Plant City.

One speaker after another delivered prepared speeches praising the process and the project before heading out to an empty field to jostle for photos. As so often happens at these events, there was a celebratory feeling as if the work had been completed and everyone could heave a sigh a relief.