The eCommerce Business Chewy Will Recruit 1,200 People In Salisbury

Chewy, an online pet retailer, announced Wednesday the opening of a new distribution center in Rowan County, where it would create 1,200 jobs.

The transaction is made possible in part by a performance-based grant of $ 166,650, which will support the creation of 150 jobs, according to a statement by Governor Roy Cooper. Chewy will spend $ 55 million on a new facility in Salisbury, about 44 miles northeast of Charlotte.

Chewy was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Dania Beach, Florida, and Boston. The e-commerce retailer specializes in food and pet products, such as chew toys, birdcages, aquariums and litter boxes, according to its website.

Chewy owns eight other distribution centers in the United States.

It is unclear when the Salisbury Order Processing Center will open. A Chewy spokesperson could not be immediately contacted for comment.

In a statement, N.C. Commerce Sec. Anthony Copeland said that Chewy chose North Carolina for the "strength of its staff and the desirable business climate", as well as for its location and quality of life.

"In addition to job creation, our new order processing center will improve our distribution network in the southeastern United States, which will enable us to better serve Chewy customers with even shorter delivery times," he added. said Pete Krilles, vice president of corporate real estate and facilities at Chewy, said in a statement.

PetSmart Pet Supplies Retailer bought Chewy for more than $ 3 billion in May 2017 to expand its reach into e-commerce, the Wall Street Journal reported in June 2018. PetSmart sold a stake from 20% in Chewy in 2018 to its private equity owner, BC Partners, the newspaper reported. Chewy operates as an independent subsidiary of PetSmart.