Affiliated Foods Midwest
Food and Beverage ServicesNebraska, United States51-200 Employees
Affiliated Foods Midwest was formed in 1931 as a cooperative of grocery retailers to support distribution in the food and beverage sector. It grew to include hundreds of member retailers, leveraging collective purchasing power and distribution capabilities. An agreement to merge with Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. was reached on August 14, 2016, and AFM's assets were sold to AWG on October 23, 2016. The organization was based in Norfolk, Nebraska. As a mid-sized regional distributor in the food and beverage services industry, its customers were independent grocery retailers seeking coordinated sourcing and distribution. The transactions in 2016 effectively ended AFM's status as an independent cooperative, with AWG continuing as the distribution partner.