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In 1909, German immigrant Otto Kolschowsky opened a family meat market in Oak Park, Illinois [3] two years after his arrival in the United States. In 1917, he expanded into the wholesale meat trade and relocated the business to nearby Maywood, another Chicago suburb. The company became known as Otto & Sons in 1928.
Allen Brothers is a purveyor of prime steaks headquartered in Chicago. Founded in 1893 on the Southside of Chicago in the Union Stock Yards meat area, [1] It is led by Christopher Pappas, CEO and founder of The Chefs' Warehouse, who is on a mission to preserve the integrity of the brand and steward the business for the next 120 years. [1]
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is a retailer-owned wholesale grocery cooperative that supplies independently owned supermarkets and grocery stores. [1] It serves more than 4,000 locations in 36 states in the Midwest , the Southeast , and the Southwest , and from 8 full-line wholesale divisions.
Since the 1880s, Chicago has also been home to firms in other areas of the food processing industry, including cereals, baked goods, and candy. [2] In the twenty-first century, companies such as The Kraft Heinz Company, Wrigley, Sara Lee, and Tootsie Roll Industries, all maintain operations within the Chicago metropolitan area.
Central Grocers Cooperative, founded in 1917 as Central Wholesale Grocers, [1] was a retailers' cooperative based in Joliet, Illinois, near Chicago. It distributed both brand name and private label goods branded as Centrella and Silver Cup Value Buy to about 400 member-owner grocery stores in Iowa , Indiana , Illinois , and Wisconsin .
Koch Foods is a food processor and distributor in Park Ridge, Illinois that as of December 2019 is listed by Forbes magazine as number 125 on the list of the largest private companies in the US. [1] As of October 2014, the company had a revenue of $3 billion, and approximately 14,000 employees. [1] The company is owned by Joseph Grendys.
Niemann Foods, Inc. (NFI) is a company headquartered in Quincy, Illinois, United States, that owns and operates over 100 supermarkets, pharmacies, convenience, pet and hardware stores mostly under the County Market, County Market Express, Harvest Market, Cenex One-Stop, Haymakers, ACE Hardware, Pet Supplies Plus, and Save-A-Lot banners in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri.
One store in Arizona, 17 in California, 6 in Idaho, three in Montana, two in Nevada, two stores in North Carolina, one in Oklahoma, 21 in Oregon, four stores in South Carolina, one in Texas, two in Utah, one in Virginia, and 27 stores in Washington state. [2] The company is based in West Linn, Oregon, and Rosemont, Illinois. [1]