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The State of Grainger’s Footprint: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t

Mike Hockett analyzes the MRO products giant’s physical presence, which has surpassed 30 million square feet.

August 28, 2023

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Lead Photo: Opened in 2013, Grainger's distribution center in Minooka, Illinois spans 1-million-square feet. (Grainger photo)

Back in mid-2021, MRO products distribution giant Grainger held a roundtable interview with industry media that I was able to attend, during which Chairman and CEO D.G. Macpherson candidly answered questions I had about the company’s footprint of distribution centers and branches. This was still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which numerous large industrial distributors revisited the strategy behind their physical footprints while they were determining a…

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