Blue Diamond Growers, the world's largest almond marketer and processor, recently unveiled its new state-of-the-art bulk storage warehouse in Salida. The company held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, September 19 to debut the 48,000-square-foot Warehouse 7. The event was attended by Blue Diamond’s board of directors, key leadership and operational staff, as well as local representatives.
At 100 feet wide, 480 feet long, 60 feet tall and extending 32 feet into the ground, the bulk receiving warehouse was engineered to store up to 60 million pounds of almond meats, increasing Blue Diamond’s receiving capacity by 33 percent. Though it currently stores only nonpareil almonds, Warehouse 7 contains three separate storage areas for storing different varieties of almonds.