U.R.M. Stores
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URM Stores, Inc. of Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
retailers' cooperative
Retailers' cooperative
A retailers' cooperative is a type of cooperative which employs economies of scale on behalf of its retailer members. Retailers' cooperatives use their purchasing power to acquire discounts from manufacturers and often share marketing expenses. It is common for locally owned grocery stores,...
serving independent 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 in Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
, Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, and Washington. It was founded in 1921 and is a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates
Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates
The Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates is a trade association that serves retailers' cooperatives in the supermarket industry...
. It is an owner of Western Family Foods
Western 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...
. It purchased Rosauers Supermarket in 2000.
Its affiliated supermarkets include Family Foods, Harvest Foods, Rosauers
Rosauers
Rosauers Supermarkets, Inc. is a chain of supermarkets based in Spokane, Washington. After the company's founder, J. Merton Rosauer, sold Rosauers to Spokane-based URM Stores in 1984, it eventually grew to 21 stores under the Huckleberry's Natural Market, Rosauers, and Super 1 Foods brands...
, Yoke's Fresh Market
Yoke's Fresh Market
Yoke's Fresh Market is an employee-owned Spokane, Washington-based chain of grocery stores founded in 1946 by Marshall and Harriet Yoke. The chain was established by their son Chuck in the 1960's and now encompasses 13 stores in Washington and Idaho, primarily in the Spokane area. In 1990, Chuck...
, and Super 1 Foods
Super 1 Foods
Super 1 Foods can refer to four different supermarket chains in the United States:*Super 1 Foods, a chain owned by the Brookshire Grocery Company with stores in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas....
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