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

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The company, which markets and distributees natural andspecialty foods, opened its Oakland- area distribution cente in 1991. Greg Leonard, vice presidengt of communications and trade said Tree of Life wanteda larger, single distributiohn center and chose to move to its "state-of-the-art" location to Los Angeles. It will lay off abouy 80 employees. Tree of Life has been operating out ofa 130,000-square-foott building and has a leaser on a second 19,000-square-foot building in East Bay.
The leases expires in 2006, and Tree of Life is looking to subleasde the space or have another tenanr take overits lease, Leonard In consolidating its distribution facilities, Leonard said the company will be able to streamlinse more of its operations. For he said, the Los Angeles site will allos increased inventory levels in a singlw location tominimize out-of-stock risks, provide consolidated receiving and shippingt operations and consolidate regional procurementt management in a single, larger center.