Western Family Foods

This article is about the United States Western Family private label brand. For the Canadian Western Family private label brand, seeSave On Foods.

Western Family Foods

Formerly	Pacific Mercantile Cooperative
Company type	Private
Industry	Private Label
Founded	March 3, 1934(1934-03-03)
Defunct	2016(2016)
Fate	Acquired byTopco
Successor	Food Club
Headquarters	Tigard, Oregon,U.S.
Key people	Ron King, CEO
Revenue	$730M (2014)
Number of employees	72 (2012)
Website	www.westernfamily

Western Family Foodswas founded as thePacific Mercantile Cooperativeon March 3, 1934, by a group of retailer-owned grocery wholesalers. Western Family Foods was established December 19, 1963. The company supplied independentgrocery storeswith storebrands.It is based inTigard, Oregon.It used to distribute theWestern Family,Shurfine,Shursaving,MarketChoice,andBetter Buybrands,which were used in many independently ownedsupermarkets.On June 13, 2016, Western Family Foods announced that they had been acquired byTopcoand closed their Tigard office later in 2016.

References

• "Western Family, the 'quiet giant,' gets into organics".Portland Business Journal. 2008-07-06.Retrieved2013-07-08.
• "'Enviro Green' line of foods introduced by Western Family".Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 5, 1990.

External links

• Western Family Foods web site