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MDI also supplies Galaxy Food Centers, founded in 1979, with 100 stores in 7 states. [11] Alex Lee Inc. announced on October 28, 2019, that it had completed its purchase of Scranton, South Carolina-based W. Lee Flowers & Co., a wholesale distributor which supplies 75 IGA and KJ's Market stores, 50 of which the company owned. [12]
Founded in 1962 by cooperative food distributors in the southeastern United States, the original organization's name was Southeastern Food Cooperative Association (SFCA). In the 1980s, the organization expanded geographically out of the southeast, and in 1988 the name of the organization changed to Retailer Owned Food Distributors and Associates.
In 1984, Merchants Distributors, Inc. (MDI), a wholesale distributor of food and non-food items to grocery stores headquartered in Hickory, North Carolina, bought Lowes Foods. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Lowes added 19 more stores between 1986 and 1990. [ 4 ]
The wholesale grocery seller is investing in new services and operations, Gov. Roy Cooper announced. NC grocery distributor’s expansion plan creates 125 jobs in $35-million move Skip to main content
It originated in 1930 as a small group of retail stores owned by the Pope family. In 1949, John William Pope took over the family business, and starting in 1970, the company expanded by purchasing a number of other retail chains, including the Roses and Maxway stores, to become one of the largest in the US.
The H. T. Hackney Company distributes over 30,000 different products to over 20,000 retail locations in 21 states. [6] Products include frozen food, baked goods, candy, snack foods, tobacco, cosmetics, and deli items, [6] and its major trading partners include General Mills, Kraft, Valvoline, Procter & Gamble, and Kellogg's.
C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC is a national wholesale grocery supply company in the United States, based in Keene, New Hampshire. In 2021 it was the eighth-largest privately held company in the United States , as listed by Forbes . [ 3 ]
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.