1944 headquarters elk grove village illinois area served united states key people randy skoda president & ceo products strategic sourcing services website www.topco.com topco associates llc is the largest american retail food gpo group purchasing organization and the third largest private company in illinois . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 programs 2.1 perishables 2.2 center store 2.3 indirect spend 3 owners 4 references 5 external links history edit topco headquarters in elk grove illinois on september 28 1944 to deal with wartime shortages a small cooperative named food cooperatives inc. was formed by a group of wisconsin food retailers to supply its members with private label dairy products and paper goods . the products procured by this organization were sold under the food club and elna labels . some of the members of food cooperatives were also members of another cooperative called top frost foods . 3 in addition to supplying frozen foods to its members top frost also had a quality program that set its specifications higher than those of the leading national brands . in december 1950 the two cooperatives merged . this was the beginning of topco associates inc. on february 1 2006 topco announced the acquisition of braintree sourcing from ahold usa forming a new company called topsource llc as a wholly owned subsidiary of topco associates llc which is now known as topco s indirect spend program . 4 the indirect spend program currently operates out of quincy massachusetts . in 2008 topco partnered with griffin hospital in derby connecticut in a joint venture called nuval llc which has developed a nutritional scoring system to help consumers make healthy food choices . 5 programs edit perishables edit fresh meat branded meat produce floral center store edit dairy bakery frozen grocery hbc gm health and beauty care general merchandise indirect spend edit construction including facilities management solutions energy & sustainability including utilities fuel hr benefits hired services including professional and financial services it telecom logistics and distribution marketing advertising and merchandising office products and services packaging & consumables store equipment travel waste solutions owners edit the following companies are member owners of topco associates llc . 6 affiliated foods midwest alex lee inc. associated grocers inc. associated grocers of florida inc. associated grocers of the south inc. bashas inc. big y foods inc. bi lo llc brookshire holdings inc. c & s wholesale grocers inc. centro cuesta nacional c. por . a. certco inc. coborn s incorporated giant eagle golub corporation price chopper supermarkets haggen food & pharmacy top food and drug harris teeter inc. hy vee inc. imperial distributors inc. j.h. harvey co. llc king kullen grocery co. inc. k va t food stores inc. larroc ltd. laurel grocery company llc lund food holdings inc. marsh supermarkets inc. meijer inc. mitchell grocery corporation oppenheimer companies inc. golbon piggly wiggly carolina company inc. piggly wiggly midwest llc pueblo inc. quick chek corporation raley s family of fine stores roche bros. supermarkets llc roundy s supermarkets inc. save mart supermarkets schnuck markets inc. scolari s food and drug spartan stores inc. stater bros. markets the fred w. albrecht grocery company the grocers supply co. inc. tops markets llc unipro foodservice inc. w. lee flowers and company inc. wegmans food markets inc. weis markets inc. winn dixie stores inc. western family references edit gaines amanda september october 2010 . hear our voice . retail merchandiser . p. 4 . yue lorene february 22 2006 . topco associates buys braintree sourcing . crain s chicago business . international directory of company histories . 60 . st. james press . 2004 . isbn 9781558625631 . oclc 433314819 . topco associates llc announces the acquisition of braintree sourcing . business wire press release . february 21 2006 . marshall brandon march 30 2014 . nutritional value point system aims to make kids eat healthier . kota tv . http www.topco.com external links edit topco web site indirect spend program retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title topco & oldid 737613657 categories cooperatives in the united statessupermarkets of the united statescompanies based in cook county illinoisretailers cooperativeselk grove village illinois 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 4 september 2016 at 00 02 . text is available under the 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