Affiliated Foods Southwest

Affiliated Foods Southwest
Company type	Co-op
Industry	Retailing
Predecessor	Model Markets
Founded	1948
Founder	C.E. Toland
Defunct	2009
Fate	Acquired
Successor	Associated Wholesale Grocers
Headquarters	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Area served	Southern United States
Key people	John Mills
Products	Groceries
Number of employees	530
Website	afslr.com

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Affiliated Foods Southwest was a retailers' cooperative serving independent supermarkets in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.^[1] It was founded in 1948 by C. E. "Doc" Toland, who had worked in a cooperative in Little Rock, Arkansas called Model Markets. It was a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates and distributed Shurfine products in its stores.

Affiliated Foods Southwest also operated several Harvest Foods grocery stores in Arkansas.

The company declared bankruptcy on May 5, 2009.^[2] It was acquired by Associated Wholesale Grocers.

References[edit]

^ Holcombe, Carl D. Affiliated Foods Southwest rebounds. Arkansas Business. 10 May 2004.
^ "Affiliated Foods Southwest files for Chapter 11". Forbes. 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-05-07.^{[dead link]}