Largest U.S. Grocery Cooperatives

1.

Topco Associates

SKOKIE, ILL.

$9.93B

12.2%

Steven K. Lauer

2.

Wakefern Food Corp.

KEASBEY, N.J.

$8.40B

7.0%

Dean Janeway

3.

Associated Wholesale Grocers

KANSAS CITY, KAN.

$6.85B

19.6%

Jerry Garland

4.

Unified Grocers

COMMERCE, CALIF.

$4.11B

31.0%

Alfred A. Plamann

5.

Associated Wholesalers Inc.

ROBESONIA, PA.

$2.50B

1.8%

J. Chris Michael

6.

Associated Food Stores

SALT LAKE CITY

$1.63B

6.7%

Rich Parkinson

7.

Central Grocers Cooperative

FRANKLIN PARK, ILL.

$1.43B

19.1%

James Denges

8.

Affiliated Foods

AMARILLO, TEXAS

$1.16B

-1.0%

George Lankford

9.

Affiliated Foods Midwest

NORFOLK, NEB.

$1.15B

4.1%

Martin Arter

10.

URM Stores

SPOKANE, WASH,

$933M

8.5%

Dean Sonnenberg

11.

Associated Grocers

BATON ROUGE, LA.

$803M

11.8%

J.H. Campbell Jr.

12.

Piggly Wiggly Alabama

BESSEMER, ALA.

$796M

4.1%

Dennis T. Stewart

13.

Western Family Holding Co.

PORTLAND, ORE.

$711M

7.2%

Ronald King

14.

Associated Grocers of Florida

POMPANO BEACH

$603M

4.7%

Calvin J. Miller

Topco Associates, Wakefern Food Corp., Associated Wholesale Grocers and Unified Grocers all were cited among the Top 10 on the 2009 NCB Co-op 100 list of the largest cooperatives in the country, which was released last month. NCB cited agricultural cooperative CHS of St. Paul, Minn., as the No. 1 co-op overall, with 2008 revenues of $32.2 billion.