Mike Kiser, warehouse manager for Gulf States Cold Storage in Dothan, AL. would like to introduce you to one of Dothan’s most important national and international trade businesses in the Wiregrass Area. “I would like the people of Dothan to know about our services”, Mr. Kiser explains, “our facility has been a vital economic source for employment and international trade for over 13 years in the Dothan area.

DothanAlabamaMall.com will allow us to share with others how important our industry is, not only to the locals but to the world in general.”

Gulf States Cold Storage, located in the Sam Houston Industrial Park off of Columbia Highway is a 100,000 sq. ft. freezer warehouse facility. Local Poultry Plants and Dairy businesses use Gulf States Cold Storage’s services to store and then ship their products by tractor trailer, air travel and by domestic waterway shipment from Mobile, AL and Pensacola, FL to international ports. Our office staff is responsible for preparing 90% of all the documentation to export their products all over the world.

One of Dothan’s coldest places to work, it’s a given that this facility has one of the highest electric bills at Dothan Utilities. This “unknown” business is responsible for shipping over six million pounds of poultry a week to international markets such as China, Russia, Japan, the Bahamas and Cuba.

Our services include:

Blast Freezing

Room Freezing

Tempering

Labeling

Shrink Wrapping

US Customs Bonded Space

Product Recall Programs

EDI

Customer Real-Time Inventory Viewing

Segregated Seed Storage

Import/Export Services

Picking

Rail Service

Cross Docking

Racking

Bulk Storage

Refrigerated Staging Areas

Our Associations include:

International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses

National Frozen and Refrigerated Association

U.S.A. Poultry and Egg Export Council

National Poultry and Food Distributors Association

Georgia Pecan Growers Association

Proudly serving the South for over 40 years, Gulf States merged with GA Cold Storage Company in 2005. Thus, combining two powerful sources of distribution of refrigerated and frozen foods. President and C.E.O. John L. Crisp, and his father, Henry L. Crisp who serves as Chairman of the Board for both businesses want to ensure their customers of the finest services that they can offer. John states, “We pride ourselves on honesty, integrity and making sure that the customer comes first. The Dothan warehouse facility managed by Mike Kiser has always been the lead production warehouse for frozen foods in the southeastern portion of the United States. We are proud of what he and his warehouse employees have been able to accomplish”.

Plans are in the works for another 10,000 to 50,000 sq. ft addition to this Dothan facility in the near future. Please contact Mike Kiser for more information about Gulf States Storage and it’s services by either using the contact information below or email him directly here.

(srskiser@hotmail.com)

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