Associated Wholesale Grocers

Associated Wholesale Grocers is a U.S. retailer-owned grocery wholesaler and cooperative that supplies independently owned supermarkets. The company provides wholesale food distribution, private-label products, logistics, merchandising, marketing, real estate and store development support, and related services to member retailers. AWG describes itself as the nation’s largest cooperative food wholesaler, serving approximately 1,100 member companies across 3,500 store locations in 33 states through nine wholesale division support centers. Although it has a pharmacy-related product category and certain pharmaceutical-product operations, it is not a biotech, pharma, or healthcare company; its core business is grocery supply chain and retail support.