Americold

Americold Realty Trust is an American real estate investment trust (REIT) headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1959 as a cold storage provider and restructured as a public REIT in 2018, it owns and operates temperature-controlled warehouses for the global food supply chain. The company's segments lude Warehouse (owned facilities), Third-Party Managed (operated for others), Transportation (logistics services), and Other (ancillary offerings). Americold maintains over 240 facilities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America, with 1.4 billion cubic feet of capacity serving protein, produce, and dairy sectors through integrated storage and distribution. Its operations rely on third-party carriers and equipment suppliers, emphasizing compliance with HACCP food safety standards, GFSI audits, and GDPR for data privacy, with vendor risk assessments critical for supply chain resilience and Scope 3 emissions tracking under sustainability goals targeting net-zero by 2045. The firm leverages AI for inventory optimization. In fiscal year 2024, ending December 31, Americold reported revenues of $2.9 billion, a 2% rease from 2023, with Adjusted Funds From Operations (AFFO) of $1.52 per share driven by 11% same-store NOI growth.