The groundbreaking ceremony for the new 2.8 million cubic foot Compass Cold Storage facility was celebrated by nearly 200 community members including local and state dignitaries, culminating in the traditional “Commemorative Shovel” and groundbreaking ceremony, complete with hard hats and construction tools. Compass Cold Storage is a sister company of Doug’s Produce, a well-known professional trucking business serving the region for over 20 years.
The Compass Cold facility, designed & developed by industry leader, Ti Cold of Melbourne, Florida, will be an economic driver for the state of Arkansas. The new facility will have the capacity to support food wholesalers, retailers, and food manufacturing customers in central and northwest Arkansas. Located near Fort Smith in Mulberry, Arkansas, and owned and operated under the same leadership group of Doug’s Produce Trucking, Compass Cold features a cutting-edge design and includes the latest refrigeration and freezing technology available in the cold storage industry.
“Construction is expected to be completed by early Q2 2023,” said Logan Stuller of Ti Cold, “And the facility is master-planned with further expansion opportunities in mind. This will ensure that Compass Cold Storage will be ready to scale in support of future cold capacity demands.”
Darren Winstead and Doug Bowen, the owners of Compass Cold Storage have been involved in the transportation sector of Arkansas and have deep relationships with food processors, manufacturers, and wholesalers across the country. Known throughout the Southeastern region of the United States, Doug’s Produce is a fast, friendly, and fully functional professional trucking company that is known for putting the happiness of their drivers first. “On behalf of the Doug’s Produce Trucking family,” said Doug Bowen, “We feel truly blessed and humbled that our vision for our new sister company Compass Cold Storage is a reality. We believe this expansion into industrial cold storage services will provide a valuable resource to not only our new and existing customers of Doug’s Produce Trucking, but to our community as a whole.”
With this new facility Compass Cold will be able to offer their clients third party logistics (3PL). With 3PL the company can store the inventory of its clients with the ability to pick, pack and ship the client’s products directly from the facility. By providing warehousing, order processing, and shipping and receiving, 3PL gives clients an option to fulfill orders quickly and efficiently, without the expense of owning a facility themselves.
