Type | Retailers' cooperative |
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Industry | Retailing |
Founded | Plainview, Nebraska, U.S. (1931 ) |
Headquarters | Norfolk, Nebraska, U.S. |
Number of locations | 3 distribution centers (2010) |
Area served | Central United States |
Key people | Martin W. Arter, President |
Products | Groceries |
Employees | 800 |
Website | http://www.afmidwest.com/ |
Affiliated Foods Midwest is a retailers' cooperative based in Norfolk, Nebraska and Elwood, Kansas and serving the states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Michigan. Affiliated Foods Midwest has announced construction has begun on a new distribution center in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to be complete in early 2009.
It distributes Shurfine products, and is affiliated with IGA (supermarkets).
It was founded in 1931 in Plainview, Nebraska, it took the name General Wholesale in 1936, and the name Affiliated Foods in 1977.
It is a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates and a member-owner of Topco.
President: Martin Arter