type co op industry retailing fate acquired predecessor model markets successor associated wholesale grocers founder c.e. toland defunct 2009 headquarters little rock arkansas united states area served southern united states key people john mills products groceries number of employees 530 website afslr.com affiliated foods southwest was a retailers cooperative serving independent supermarkets in arkansas louisiana mississippi oklahoma tennessee and texas . 1 it was founded in 1948 by c. e. doc toland who had worked in a cooperative in little rock arkansas called model markets . it was a member of retailer owned food distributors & associates and distributed shurfine products in its stores . affiliated foods southwest also operated several harvest foods grocery stores in arkansas . the company declared bankruptcy on may 5 2009 . 2 references edit holcombe carl d. affiliated foods southwest rebounds . arkansas business . 10 may 2004 . affiliated foods southwest files for chapter 11 . forbes . 2009 05 05 . retrieved 2009 05 07 . dead link external links edit affiliated foods southwest web site harvest foods website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title affiliated foods southwest & oldid 673041668 categories companies based in little rock arkansascompanies based in arkansaseconomy of the southeastern united stateseconomy of the southwestern united statessupermarkets of the united statesretailers cooperativeshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010 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 25 july 2015 at 17 24 . 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