US cooperative wholesaler Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) has completed its merger with Affiliated Food Midwest.
The merger will expand the newly combined company’s presence, and enable it to offer more services to its member owners.
The combined cooperative will operate under the AWG name and have more than 1,000 independent members.
This merger has made AWG one of the largest wholesale grocery cooperatives in the US that supplies to 35 states, reported Norfolkdailynews.com.
The company has started sending shipments to member stores from its divisions in Norfolk and Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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AWG president and CEO David Smith was quoted by Norfolkdailynews.com as saying: “The expansion of our collective distribution areas into several new adjoining states where there remains a large number of independent grocers but few wholesale options is already paying dividends as retailers in those states are already making inquiries and asking how soon we can onboard new customers.
“With the current enthusiasm we are witnessing, our new Great Lakes Division in Kenosha may top $1bn in annual sales sooner than we initially anticipated."
The merger will also help AWG to bolster its presence in Wyoming and Colorado and improve its service in northern states such as South Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan and Wisconsin, reported Theproducenews.com.
