written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message associated foods holdings llc type private industry grocery retail founded 1954 headquarters hewlett new york united states number of locations 250 key people robert striano executive chairman divisions associated supermarkets and compare foods website http shopassociated.com 116th street location east harlem associated foods holdings also referred to as associated food stores associated supermarkets or associated is the largest group of independently operated supermarkets based in the new york metropolitan area . associated provides services to a network of approximately 250 independent grocery retail stores that was formerly predominantly located in new york city . 1 the company has stores on long island in upstate new york new jersey connecticut massachusetts rhode island north carolina south carolina pennsylvania and virginia . associated foods owns the banners associated and compare which are both known to cater to the hispanic and other ethnic demographics . associated and compare stores carry ethnic products and its private label brands super a and compare . in january 2014 associated added the met food and pioneer banners to the portfolio of banners . both met and pioneer are recognized brands that have served the nyc marketplace for many years . associated principally serves independently owned and operated grocery retailers which typically carry the associated or compare trade name . services include grocery distribution financing and customer support services such as marketing merchandising promotions and advertising . the company s franchiser like business model allows independently owned and operated stores to take advantage of scale economies on merchandising and advertising as are available to larger supermarket chains as well as allowing them to access other customer support services provided by the company . the super a brand associated s private label brand is common in all associated stores . references edit fickenscher lisa may 24 2008 . supermarkets flee city s high costs . stores flee city focus expansion outside big apple ; poor neighborhoods hit hardest . crain s new york business . retrieved 2008 05 28 . the cost of operating supermarkets in new york city was impossible says eligio pe a who closed the last of his six associated supermarkets here in 2000 external links edit official website this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title associated supermarkets & oldid 739053030 categories retailers cooperativessupermarkets of the united statescompanies based in new york cityunited states retail company stubshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from march 2013all articles with a promotional toneall stub articles 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 12 september 2016 at 14 33 . 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