Unified Grocers was founded by the 1999 merger of United Grocers of Oregon and Certified Grocers of California. The new company was named Unified Western Grocers and was a $3 billion wholesale grocery cooperative.
In 2007 the company acquired Associated Grocers, a cooperative based in Seattle with $1 billion in sales.
Today Unified Grocers is the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the Western United States and serves 3,000 independent grocers, major grocery chains, and cash and carry outlets.
The cooperative operates distribution centers for its 390 member and non-member stores which stock 100,000 items.
Unified Grocers is #635 in the Fortune 1000.
Unified GrocersUnified Grocers was founded by the 1999 merger of United Grocers of Oregon and Certified Grocers of California. The new company was named Unified Western Grocers and was a $3 billion wholesale grocery cooperative.
In 2007 the company acquired Associated Grocers, a cooperative based in Seattle with $1 billion in sales.
Today Unified Grocers is the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the Western United States and serves 3,000 independent grocers, major grocery chains, and cash and carry outlets.
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The cooperative operates distribution centers for its 390 member and non-member stores which stock 100,000 items.
Unified Grocers is #635 in the Fortune 1000.
