First Supply Announces Plans for a Cutting-Edge Distribution Center

3/25/2024


La Crosse, WI – 

First Supply has announced plans to build a cutting-edge, 308,000 square feet distribution center in West Salem, WI, a strategic move aimed at enhancing customer service and optimizing supply chain efficiency. The new distribution center, with its state-of-the-art technology and innovative logistics solutions, marks a significant milestone in First Supply's commitment to delivering unparalleled service to its valued customers and an outstanding employee experience. 

“For First Supply, this project reflects our commitment to continuous innovation in how we deliver projects and solutions for all of our key partners: customers, vendors, and employees,” stated Katie Poehling Seymour, President & CEO. 

The First Supply Central Distribution Center will begin construction in April 2024 with operations to begin during the first quarter of 2025. “We are thrilled make this investment in Western Wisconsin where our business was founded 126 years ago. Over the past five generations, we’ve grown across the upper Midwest, but our hub has always been in La Crosse County.”

Rendering courtesy of MSI General Corporation

About First Supply
Established in La Crosse, WI, First Supply is the largest Wisconsin-based wholesaler, with 52 upper Midwest locations, including 28 First Supply distribution branches, 5 First Waterworks branches, 1 Central Distribution Center, 14 Gerhard’s Kitchen, Bath and Lighting Stores, and 4 KOHLER Signature Stores by First Supply. Founded in 1897, First Supply is a 5th-generation, family-owned, single-source provider employing over 650 people and offering HVAC, builder, plumbing, lighting, waterworks, industrial PVF, pump, well, and septic supplies.

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Brooke Barney
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608-893-3705