United Tobacco comes to Piedmont Big Sale Warehouse in Danville

(WSLS) Another tobacco company will use the Piedmont Big Sale Warehouse on Riverside Drive as part of its business expansion plans.
United Tobacco Company of Wilson, N.C., will use the 142,000-square-foot warehouse as a receiving station this year and will start contracting with growers next week, said CEO Steve Coyte. “We think Danville’s a great location for a station,” Coyte said. “It’s very accessible to the growers in North Carolina and Virginia.” Continued

Photo: Tobacco warehouse district, Danville, Virginia (Carol Highsmith/Library of Congress).