New hub designed to fuel growth for CST Brands

CST Brands is celebrating the grand opening of a new distribution center that aims to fuel its ambitious expansion plan in Texas.

The new 365,000-square-foot warehouse will serve as the main distribution hub for food and merchandise for about 600 Corner Store locations across Texas.

“We are happy to have found a new home in San Antonio that can grow with us as we expand our reach in Texas and across the U.S.,” said Kim Lubel President and CEO of CST Brands. “I am excited about our company’s future and we will continue to look for opportunities to grow.”

Located at 19500 Bulverde Road, the warehouse is housed on a 77-acre campus with an additional 146,000 square feet of office space that will serve as the company’s future headquarters (CST Service Center) starting in 2016.

The company says the new distribution center differentiates CST from its competitors because it allows Corner Stores to maintain fresher inventories, makes them faster to market with new and trendy items, gives more control over food safety and quality, lowers the cost of goods by consolidating items onto one truck and enables food service and private label offerings.

In addition to the warehouse and office space, CST plans to build a prototype Corner Store that will serve as a testing ground for new products and provide space to train and develop Team Members.

CST Brands Inc. operates approximately 1,900 locations throughout the Southwestern United States, New York and Eastern Canada .