Tree of Life moving to L.A. - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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The company, which markets and distributesw natural andspecialty foods, opened its Oakland- area distributiojn center in 1991. Greg Leonard, vice president of communications andtradee relations, said Tree of Life wanted a single distribution center and chose to move to its newer, "state-of-the-art" location to Los It will lay off about 80 Tree of Life has been operating out of a 130,000-square-foot building and has a leaswe on a second 19,000-square-fooyt building in East Bay. The leasew expires in 2006, and Tree of Life is looking to subleasd the space or have another tenan t take overits lease, Leonard said.
In consolidating its distributioj facilities, Leonard said the compangy will be able to streamlinre more ofits operations. For instance, he the Los Angeles site will allow increased inventoru levels in a single location tominimize out-of-stoco risks, provide consolidated receiving and shipping operations and consolidate regionalp procurement management in a single, larger center.