C-Store Master this week broke ground on the company’s new 120,000-square-foot automated warehouse in Huntsville.

A regional distributor of convenience store products specializing in the tobacco and beverage categories, C-Store Master is based in the Rocket City. The company serves more than 2,000 independent and more than 4,000 chain convenience stores with in-stock availability for more than 97% of products with all orders delivered on a next-day basis.

Scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2021, the new warehouse represents an investment of $12 million and will reportedly be the first of its kind in the country.

According to a release, the warehouse will create 40 jobs that C-Store Master will be filling in the coming months.

“Huntsville is the perfect place for our work because of its booming business environment and central location to the entire Southeast,” stated Sharan Kalva, C-Store Master chief operating officer. “We believe this cutting edge warehouse paired with our innovative software will continue to set us apart from our competitors.”

C-Store Master has partnered with Geek+ to incorporate three robot technologies in the warehouse, reportedly improving accuracy to 99.99%. The multi-level shuttle system is also the first of its kind in the Southeast.

“C-Store Master’s robots will increase their productivity by three to four times,” advised Rick DeFiesta, Geek+ director of business development and partnership. “We’re proud to partner with their team on this efficiency to help provide even quicker service for their customers.”

Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn