Western Family Foods was founded as the Pacific Mercantile Cooperative on March 3, 1934, by a group of retailer-owned grocery wholesalers. Western Family Foods was established December 19, 1963. The company supplied independent

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s. It is based in

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. It used to distribute the Western Family, Shurfine, Shursaving, MarketChoice, and Better Buy

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s. On June 13, 2016, Western Family Foods announced that they had been acquired by

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and closed their Tigard office later in 2016. Portland Tribun
"Western Family Foods to close Tigard headquarters". Retrieved 06-23-2016
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References

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"'Enviro Green' line of foods introduced by Western Family"
Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 5, 1990.

External links

Western Family Foods web site
{{Oregon Companies American companies established in 1934 Food and drink companies established in 1934 Retail companies established in 1934 American companies disestablished in 2016 Food and drink companies disestablished in 2016 Retail companies disestablished in 2016 Retailers' cooperatives in the United States Companies based in Tigard, Oregon 1934 establishments in Oregon 2016 disestablishments in Oregon Cooperatives based in Oregon