citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message western family foods type private industry private label headquarters tigard oregon u.s. key people ron king ceo number of employees 72 2012 website http www.westernfamily.com western family foods was founded as the pacific mercantile cooperative on march 3 1934 by a group of retailer owned grocery wholesalers . western family foods was established december 19 1963 . the company supplies independent grocery stores with store brands . it is based in tigard oregon . it distributes the western family shurfine shursaving marketchoice and better buy brands which are used in many independently owned supermarkets . on june 13 2016 western family foods announced that they had been acquired by topco and plans to close their tigard office by the end of 2016 . 1 product incidents edit on october 11 2007 food manufacturer conagra asked stores to pull its banquet and generic brand chicken and turkey pot pies because of 150 cases of salmonella poisoning in 31 states being linked to the consumption with 20 people hospitalized . by october 12 a full recall was announced affecting all varieties of frozen pot pies sold under the brands banquet albertsons food lion great value hill country fare kirkwood kroger meijer and western family . 2 references edit portland tribune western family foods to close tigard headquarters . retrieved 06 23 2016 st. cloud times conagra foods recalls all pot pies . retrieved 10 13 2007 western family the quiet giant gets into organics . portland business journal . 2008 07 06 . retrieved 2013 07 08 . enviro green line of foods introduced by western family . lewiston morning tribune . may 5 1990 . external links edit western family foods web site v t e oregon based companies nyse listed greenbrier companies lithia motors nike nw natural portland general electric nasdaq listed columbia sportswear electro scientific industries erickson inc. fei flir lattice mentor graphics radisys rentrak schnitzer steel umpqua holdings private companies a dec banfield consumer cellular esco franz bakery hoffman construction infocus kindercare education laika leupold & stevens les schwab the old spaghetti factory parr lumber plaid pantry reser s fine foods roseburg forest products shari s vigor industrial other bi mart tillamook creamery western family foods list of companies based in oregon retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title western family foods & oldid 743346158 categories retailers cooperativescompanies based in tigard oregoncooperatives in the united statescompanies established in 19341934 establishments in oregonice cream brandsamerican companies established in 1934food and drink companies established in 1934hidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2010all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 06 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view