Associated Wholesale Grocers

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Company type	Private
Industry	Grocery wholesale and distribution
Founded	Kansas City, Missouri (1924)
Headquarters	Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Number of locations	over 4,000 locations in 36 states
Website	www.awginc.com

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is the United States's largest cooperative food wholesaler to independently owned supermarkets and grocery stores.^[1] It serves more than 4,000 locations in 36 states and from 8 full-line wholesale divisions. The consolidated run-rate sales for AWG is close to $10 billion.^[1] In addition to its cooperative wholesale operations, the company also operates subsidiary companies which provide certain real estate and supermarket development services, digital marketing services, and is a wholesale supply provider of health and beauty care, general merchandise, specialty/international foods and pharmaceutical supplies. It was founded in 1924 as Associated Grocers of Kansas City and was based in Kansas City, Missouri before moving to Kansas City, Kansas.^[2] Associated Wholesale Grocers distributes four private-label brands of grocery products, Best Choice, Clearly Organic, Always Save, and Superior Selections along with IGA.

^ ^a ^b Bank, National Cooperative. "The NCB Co-op 100® Reports Top Producing Cooperatives with Revenues of $226 Billion". www.ncb.coop. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
^ "History of the Associated Wholesale Grocers". Associated Wholesale Grocers. Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

[ncb-1] Bank, National Cooperative. "The NCB Co-op 100® Reports Top Producing Cooperatives with Revenues of $226 Billion". www.ncb.coop. Retrieved 2024-07-14.

[awgsitehistory-2] "History of the Associated Wholesale Grocers". Associated Wholesale Grocers. Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

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