Affiliated Foods Southwest
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Type | Co-op |
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Industry | Retailing |
Predecessor | |
Founder | |
Defunct | 2009 |
Fate | Acquired |
Successor | Associated Wholesale Grocers |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Southern United States |
Key people | John Mills |
Products | Groceries |
Number of employees | 530 |
Website | afslr.com |
![Old logo](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/Associated_Grocers_logo_%28old%29.png)
Affiliated Foods Southwest was a retailers' cooperative serving independent supermarkets in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.[1] It was founded in 1948 by , who had worked in a cooperative in Little Rock, Arkansas called Model Markets. It was a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates and distributed Shurfine products in its stores.
Affiliated Foods Southwest also operated several Harvest Foods grocery stores in Arkansas.
The company declared bankruptcy on May 5, 2009.[2]
References[]
- ^ Holcombe, Carl D. Affiliated Foods Southwest rebounds. Arkansas Business. 10 May 2004.
- ^ "Affiliated Foods Southwest files for Chapter 11". Forbes. 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-05-07.[dead link]
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Categories:
- Companies based in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Companies based in Arkansas
- Retail companies disestablished in 2009
- Economy of the Southeastern United States
- Economy of the Southwestern United States
- Supermarkets of the United States
- Retailers' cooperatives in the United States