Associated Food Stores
Encyclopedia
Associated Food Stores is an American
retailers cooperative that supplies about 500 independently owned retail
supermarket
s throughout Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Nevada and Wyoming. The company was founded by Donald P. Lloyd in 1940, who was the president of the Utah Retail Grocers Association. It reported over US$1.6 billion
in sales during fiscal year 2007 and is currently the fifty-sixth largest grocery retailer in the country by volume with 23% of its total sales coming from its corporate stores.
In 2009, Associated Food Stores purchased 34 Albertsons stores in Utah from Supervalu Inc.
The stores were renamed Associated Fresh Market and focus on fresh produce and meat. At the end of October 2010, 3 stores were closed due to poor performances.
retailers. Concerned with effect that large corporate stores would have on small independent retailers, he felt the only way these small businesses could survive is if they united and faced the competition as one, therefore increasing their collective buying power. He convinced 34 stores to donate $300 to help build an independent and "associated" warehouse.
. This also includes Better Buy, Shurfine
, Shursavings and Marketchoice brands.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
retailers cooperative that supplies about 500 independently owned retail
Retail
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
s throughout Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Nevada and Wyoming. The company was founded by Donald P. Lloyd in 1940, who was the president of the Utah Retail Grocers Association. It reported over US$1.6 billion
1000000000 (number)
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in sales during fiscal year 2007 and is currently the fifty-sixth largest grocery retailer in the country by volume with 23% of its total sales coming from its corporate stores.
In 2009, Associated Food Stores purchased 34 Albertsons stores in Utah from Supervalu Inc.
Supervalu (United States)
SuperValu Inc. is a United States grocery retailer and distributor. The corporation, headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, has been in business for over a century. It is the third-largest food retailing company in the United States , and ranks #51 on the Fortune 100 list.On June 2, 2006,...
The stores were renamed Associated Fresh Market and focus on fresh produce and meat. At the end of October 2010, 3 stores were closed due to poor performances.
History
Associated Food Stores was founded in 1940 by Donald P. Lloyd, president of the Utah Retail Grocers Association along with 34 UtahUtah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
retailers. Concerned with effect that large corporate stores would have on small independent retailers, he felt the only way these small businesses could survive is if they united and faced the competition as one, therefore increasing their collective buying power. He convinced 34 stores to donate $300 to help build an independent and "associated" warehouse.
Corporate Stores
As well as supplying independent grocers, Associated Food Stores also owns several corporate stores under five different names. Fresh Market, Macey's, Lin's, Dick's Market, and Dan's (all in Utah Except for one Lin's in Overton, Nevada) are all owned and operated by Associated Food Stores. It was reported in 2007 that 23% of the company's total sales came from its corporate stores.Western Family
Associated Food Stores is a primary distributor of the popular store brand Western Family owned by Western Family FoodsWestern Family Foods
Western Family Foods was founded as the Pacific Mercantile Cooperative on March 3, 1934 by a group of retailer-owned grocery wholesalers. Western Family Foods was established December 19, 1963. The company supplies independent grocery stores with store brands...
. This also includes Better Buy, Shurfine
Shurfine
Shurfine International is a distributor of private label and store brands for independent supermarkets and convenience stores throughout the United States...
, Shursavings and Marketchoice brands.
Other Stores
Popular stores supplied by Associated Food Stores.- Ridley's Family MarketsRidley's Family MarketsRidley's Family Markets is a family-owned chain of grocery stores based in Jerome, Idaho. It was founded in 1984 in Payson, Utah. As of 2009 Ridley's operates 15 supermarkets in Idaho, northern Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming....
- Lee's Marketplace
- Harmons
- Dan's
- Raine's Market
- Kent's Market
- Winegar's Market
- Reams
- Macey's
- Fresh Market
- Peterson's