Affiliated Foods Midwest
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| Company type | Retailers' cooperative |
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| Industry | Retailing |
| Founded | Plainview, Nebraska, U.S. (1931) |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 3 distribution centers (2010) |
Area served | Central United States |
Key people | Martin W. Arter, President |
| Products | Groceries |
Number of employees | 800 |
| Website | http://www.afmidwest.com/ |
Affiliated Foods Midwest was a retailers' cooperative based in Norfolk, Nebraska, Elwood, Kansas and Kenosha, Wisconsin, serving the states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky and Michigan. It distributed Shurfine products, and was affiliated with IGA (supermarkets).
It was founded in 1931 in Plainview, Nebraska, it took the name General Wholesale in 1936, and the name Affiliated Foods in 1977. In 2016, it merged with Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG); the combined entity operates under AWG name.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Cloud, Kristen. "AWG Wraps Merger With Affiliated Foods Midwest". The Shelby Report. October 26, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
Categories:
- Doniphan County, Kansas
- Pierce County, Nebraska
- Madison County, Nebraska
- Companies based in Kansas
- Cooperatives based in Nebraska
- American companies established in 1931
- Retail companies established in 1931
- Economy of the Midwestern United States
- Supermarkets of the United States
- Retailers' cooperatives in the United States
- 1931 establishments in Kansas