(Ranked by revenue in millions for each company's fiscal year)
2003; % Change
1 Wakefern Food Corp., Elizabeth, N.J.: Dean Janeway; $7,116; $6,580; 8%
2 TOPCO Associates*, Skokie, Ill.: Steven K. Lauer; $5,000; $4,600; 9%
3 Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kan.: Gary Phillips; $4,574; $3,721; 23%
4 Unified Western Grocers, Los Angeles: Alfred A. Plamann; $3,040; $2,731; 11%
5 Associated Food Stores, Salt Lake City: Richard A. Parkinson; $1,374; $1,212; 13%
6 Associated Wholesalers Inc., Robesonia, Pa.: J. Christopher Michael; $1,088; $1,029; 6%
7 Affiliated Foods Inc., Amarillo, Texas: George Lankford; $1,082; $936; 16%
8 Central Grocers Co-op, Franklin Park, Ill.: Joseph Caccamo; $1,048; $973; 8%
9 Affiliated Foods Midwest, Norfolk, Neb.: Martin Arter; $975; $818; 19%
10 Associated Grocers Inc., Seattle: John S. Runyan; $795; $827; -4%
11 Urm Stores, Spokane, Wash.: Dean Sonnenberg; $732; $694; 5%
12 Affiliated Foods Southwest, Little Rock, Ark.: John R. Mills; $695; $580; 20%
13 Piggly Wiggly Alabama, Bessemer, Ala.: Dennis T. Stewart; $687; $571; 20%
14 Certified Grocers Midwest, Hodgkins, Ill.: Kenneth R. Koester; $644; $606; 6%
15 Western Family Holding Co.*, Portland, Ore.: Ronald King; $620; $590; 5%
16 Associated Grocers of Florida, Miami: Calvin J. Miller; $573; $420; 36%
17 Associated Grocers Inc., Baton Rouge, La.: J.H. Campbell Jr.; $570; $473; 21%
18 Key Food Stores, New York: Richard Pallito; $436; $437; 0%
19 Associated Grocers of the South, Birmingham, Ala.: Gerry Totoritis; $359; $321; 12%
*Private-label co-opSource: 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.
