Western Family Foods
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Formerly | Pacific Mercantile Cooperative |
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Company type | Private |
Industry | Private Label |
Founded | March 3, 1934 |
Defunct | 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 |
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.[1]
References
[edit]- "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.
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- American companies established in 1934
- Food and drink companies established in 1934
- Retail companies established in 1934
- American companies disestablished in 2016
- Food and drink companies disestablished in 2016
- Retail companies disestablished in 2016
- Retailers' cooperatives in the United States
- Companies based in Tigard, Oregon
- 1934 establishments in Oregon
- 2016 disestablishments in Oregon
- Cooperatives based in Oregon