Unified Grocers, originally Unified Western Grocers, was a retailer-owned wholesale grocery

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that supplies independent

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s in the

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. It was formed in 1999 by the merger of two West Coast cooperatives, one based in Oregon and one in

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. In 2007, it acquired Associated Grocers of

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, and shortened its name to Unified Grocers. The company has its headquarters in

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. Unified Grocers was the largest retailer-owned wholesaler in the western United States. They served more than 3,000 retail stores and recorded annual sales over $4 billion in 2009. There were over 375 co-op members and customers as of 2017. In April 2017, the company announced that it had entered into a merger agreement with SuperValu, in which SuperValu would acquire Unified Grocers, at a cost of around $375 million. Unified is now a wholly owned

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of SuperValu. The transaction was completed on June 23, 2017.

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* Economy of the Western United States Supermarkets of the United States American companies established in 1999 Retail companies established in 1999 American companies disestablished in 2017 Retail companies disestablished in 2017 Retailers' cooperatives in the United States {{supermarket-stub