retailers cooperative industry wholesale distributor founded 1940 headquarters 1850 west 2100 south salt lake city utah 1 united states key people neal berube ceo & president 2 revenue us 1.6 billion 2007 number of employees 1 400 website afstores.com associated food stores is an american retailers cooperative that supplies about 500 independently owned retail supermarkets throughout utah arizona idaho colorado montana oregon nevada and wyoming . contents 1 description 2 history 3 corporate stores 4 other stores 5 western family 6 references 7 external links description edit the headquarters for associated foods is located at 1850 n 2100 west in salt lake city utah united states . 1 the company s president and ceo is neal berube . 2 3 it reported over us 1.6 billion equivalent to 1.826 billion in 2015 in sales during fiscal year 2007 and is currently the fifty sixth largest grocery retailer in the country by volume 4 with 23 % of its total sales coming from its corporate stores . history edit associated food stores was founded in 1940 by donald p. lloyd president of the utah retail grocers association along with 34 utah retailers . concerned with effect that large corporate stores would have on small independent retailers he felt the only way these small businesses could survive is if they united and faced the competition as one therefore increasing their collective buying power . he convinced 34 stores to donate 300 equivalent to 5 067 in 2015 to help build an independent and associated warehouse . 2 in 2009 associated food stores purchased 34 albertsons stores in utah from supervalu inc. the stores were renamed associated fresh market more commonly known as just fresh market and focus on fresh produce and meat . at the end of october 2010 3 stores were closed due to poor performances . 5 since then five additional fresh market stores have closed leaving them with a total of 26 as of early 2012 . 6 despite the challenges incurred with the take over of the albertson s stores in utah as of late 2014 associated food stores was still acquiring additional albertson s and safeway stores in montana and wyoming . 7 corporate stores edit as well as supplying independent grocers associated food stores also owns several corporate stores under five different names . fresh market macey s lin s dick s market and dan s all in utah except for one lin s in overton nevada are all owned and operated by associated food stores . 8 3 9 it was reported in 2007 that 23 % of the company s total sales came from its corporate stores . other stores edit the harmons store at the city creek center in salt lake city utah popular stores owned and or supplied by associated food stores clark s market dan s dick s market 2 locations fresh market harmons kent s market lee s marketplace lin s market 3 locations macey s peterson s raine s market reams ridley s family markets winegar s market western family edit main article western family foods associated food stores is a primary distributor of the popular store brand western family owned by western family foods . this also includes better buy shurfine shursavings and marketchoice brands . 10 references edit a b associated food stores inc. company information . hoobers.com . hoover s. retrieved 7 jun 2015 . a b c history in the making . afstores.com . associated food stores . retrieved 7 jun 2015 . a b house dawn 24 jan 2012 . new ceo takes helm of utah based grocery co op . the salt lake tribune . salt lake city medianews group . retrieved 7 jun 2015 . 2007 top 75 north american food retailers . supermarketnews.com . retrieved 1 mar 2008 . subscription required help . 3 fresh market stores to close . ksl.com . salt lake city deseret digital media . 20 oct 2010 . retrieved 7 jun 2015 . cottonwood heights fresh market store to close . deseret news . salt lake city deseret digital media . 10 mar 2011 . retrieved 7 jun 2015 . associated foods buying safeway albertsons stores in mt wy . the washington times . washington district of columbia news world media development llc . the associated press . 22 dec 2014 . retrieved 7 jun 2015 . associated retail operations . afstores.com . associated food stores . retrieved 7 jun 2015 . stewart heather 1 sep 2010 . associated food stores thousands of miles fresher . utah business . salt lake city mediaone of utah . retrieved 7 jun 2015 . exclusive brands western family . bringingvaluehome.net . associated foods stores . retrieved 7 jun 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to associated food stores . official website official websites for stores owned and or supplied by associated foods clark s market dan s dick s market fresh market harmons kent s market lee s marketplace lin s market macey s peterson s raine s market reams ridley s family markets wingars retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title associated food stores & oldid 743654090 categories companies based in salt lake cityprivately held companies based 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