Affiliated Foods Midwest

Affiliated Foods Midwest
Type	Retailers' cooperative
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
Number of employees	800
Website	http://www.afmidwest.com/

Affiliated Foods Midwest was a retailers' cooperative based in Norfolk, Nebraska, Elwood, Kansas and Kenosha, Wisconsin, serving the states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky and Michigan. It distributed Shurfine products, and was 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. In 2016, it merged with Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG); the combined entity operates under AWG name.[1]

References

Cloud, Kristen. "AWG Wraps Merger With Affiliated Foods Midwest". The Shelby Report. October 26, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2017.

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[1] Cloud, Kristen. "AWG Wraps Merger With Affiliated Foods Midwest". The Shelby Report. October 26, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2017.