Affiliated Foods Southwest

Affiliated Foods Southwest

Company type	Co-op
Industry	Retailing
Predecessor	Model Markets
Founded	1948
Founder	C.E. Toland
Defunct	2009
Fate	Acquired
Successor	Associated Wholesale Grocers
Headquarters	Little Rock, Arkansas , United States
Area served	Southern United States
Key people	John Mills
Products	Groceries
Number of employees	530
Website	afslr.com

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Affiliated Foods Southwest was a retailers' cooperative serving independent supermarkets in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.^[1] It was founded in 1948 by C. E. "Doc" Toland, who had worked in a cooperative in Little Rock, Arkansas called Model Markets. It was a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates and distributed Shurfine products in its stores.

Affiliated Foods Southwest also operated several Harvest Foods grocery stores in Arkansas.

The company declared bankruptcy on May 5, 2009.^[2] It was acquired by Associated Wholesale Grocers.

References

^ Holcombe, Carl D. Affiliated Foods Southwest rebounds. Arkansas Business. 10 May 2004.
^ "Affiliated Foods Southwest files for Chapter 11". Forbes. 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-05-07.^{[dead link]}