RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Gordon Food Service will build a new distribution center in Cabarrus County, bringing 275 new jobs and a $58 million investment over the next five years.

Salaries will vary by job function and experience, but the average annual payroll for the new jobs is expected to be $12.3 million when all the new jobs are added, according to the state's job announcement.

The Michigan-based company is North America's largest privately-held, family-managed broadline foodservice distributor.  Founded in 1897, Gordon Food Service distributes to foodservice operators within the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest regions of the United States and coast-to-coast in Canada.

“I am so happy to welcome Gordon Food Service to North Carolina,” said Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker in a statement. “This is the type of company we want to continue to recruit to our state; a company that offers good paying jobs and has a strong tradition of doing business the right way.”
 
The project was made possible in part by a performance-based grant from the One North Carolina Fund of up to $500,000. T
 
The N.C. Department of Commerce and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. partnered with N.C. Community Colleges, N.C. Department of Transportation, Golden LEAF Foundation, Duke Energy, Charlotte Regional Partnership, the City of Kannapolis, Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Cabarrus Economic Development Commission to make this project possible.