Company, Headquarters: President/CEO; Revenues 2003 ($ millions); Revenues 2002 ($ millions); % Change
s*, Skokie, Ill.: Steven K. Lauer: 4,600; 4,017; +14.5%
3) Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kan.: Gary Phillips; 3,721; 3,139; +18.5%
4) Unified Western Grocers, Los Angeles: Alfred A. Plamann; 2,819; 2,793; +0.9%
5) Associated Food Stores, Salt Lake City: Richard A. Parkinson; 1,212; 1,184; +2.4%
6) Associate Wholesalers Inc., Robesonia, Pa.: J. Christopher Michael; 1,029; 1,026; +0.3%
7) Central Grocers Co-op, Franklin Park, Ill.: Joseph Caccamo; 973; 967; +0.6%
8) Affiliated Foods inc., Amarillo, Texas: George Lankford; 936; 854; +9.6%
9) Associated Grocers Inc., Seattle: Robert P. Hermanns; 827; 844; -2.0%
10) Affiliated Foods Midwest, Norfolk, Neb.: Martin Arter; 818; 810; +1.0%
11) Urm Stores, Spokane, Wash.: Dean Sonnenberg; 691; 698; -1.0%
12) Certified Grocers Midwest, Hodgkins, Ill.: Kenneth R. Koester; 606; 610; -0.7%
13) Western Family Holding Co.*, Portland, Ore.: Ronald King; 590; 564; +4.6%
14) Piggly Wiggly, Bessemer, Ala.: Dennis T. Stewart; 571; 557; +2.5%
15) Affiliated Foods Southwest, Little Rock, Ark.: Jerry W. Davis; 541; 554; -2.3%
16) Associated Grocers Inc., Baton Rouge, La.: J. H. Campbell; 473; 489; -3.3%
17) Key Food Stores, New York: Richard Pallito; 437; 433; +0.9%
18) Associated Grocers of Florida, Miami: Calvin J. Miller; 420; 387; +8.5%
19) Associated Grocers of the South, Birmingham, Ala.: Gerry Totoritis; 321; 324; -0.9%
Total: 28,163; 26,458; +6.4%
*Private-label co-op
Source: National Cooperative Bank, Washington. Includes only grocery co-ops that rank among the NCB list of the 100 largest U.S. co-ops of any type.
