- Client
- Food Bank of the Rockies
- Location
- Aurora, CO
- Facility
- 270,000 sq ft distribution center
- Kitchen capacity
- Up to 10,000 meals a day
- Foodservice design
- Young Caruso Design & Consulting
- Contractor
- Commerce Construction Co.
Project overview
After more than two years of planning, Food Bank of the Rockies opened a new home that quadrupled its kitchen and doubled its cold storage.
Grady's supplied and installed the kitchen equipment, working alongside foodservice designer Young Caruso Design & Consulting, general contractor Commerce Construction Co. and owner's representative CAA ICON.
Customer objectives
- Four times the kitchen capacity
- Twice the cold storage
- 67% more food storage
- Up to 10,000 children's meals a day
Scope of work
Supply and installation of the production kitchen equipment, to the consultant's design.
Challenges
A large production kitchen inside a distribution center, delivered with a four-party team: owner's representative, designer, general contractor and dealer.
Grady's solution
A consultant's design, delivered as drawn.
Grady's worked to Young Caruso's specification and Commerce Construction's schedule, supplying and installing the equipment for the new kitchen.
| 01 | Concept | By others | Owner and Young Caruso |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Design | By others | Young Caruso Design & Consulting |
| 03 | Specification | By others | Young Caruso Design & Consulting |
| 04 | Procurement | Grady's | Kitchen equipment |
| 05 | Project management | Grady's | Managed by Grady's |
| 06 | Installation coordination | Grady's | Installed by Grady's |
| 07 | Resupply | Grady's | Ongoing resupply from Grady's |
Completed result
- 4×
- Kitchen capacity
- 2×
- Cold storage
- +67%
- Food storage
- 10,000
- Children's meals a day
“Reliable meals, dignity and a little breathing room when it matters most.”
The production kitchen
Photos: Gaston Photography, courtesy of Hard Beauty Mechanical.
As featured in FE&S
Facility Design Project of the Month
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazine profiled the new Food Bank of the Rockies distribution center and Community Kitchen in its August 2026 issue: a 270,000-square-foot facility in Aurora built to scale from about 2,700 to 10,000 meals a day. Grady's is credited as the kitchen equipment contractor, alongside YoungCaruso, BVH Architecture, Chamberlin Architects and Commerce Construction.
"Supporting People with Food Insecurity in Colorado and Wyoming," by Donna Boss · FE&S, August 3, 2026
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