Award-Winning Private Brands
Set your store apart with quality and value.
Retailer Owned. Retailer Focused.
Member Retailers
AWG is 100% owned by the more than 1,100 independent member retailers across small towns and big cities in AWG’s footprint. All AWG profits are delivered back to member retailers, helping them feed families and support their communities.
Vendor Partners
In both products and services, AWG’s vendor partners make up a critical piece of the AWG ecosystem. AWG’s scale helps vendor partners deliver the best cost of goods possible to member retailers while enabling marketplace innovation and relevance.
Teammates
Experienced. Dedicated. Results Driven. Those attributes and more encapsulate the mindset of the professionals who help member retailers succeed each day. AWG’s supply chain excels due to the expertise exhibited at every link of that chain.
AWG MEMBERSHIP
Where Members Come First
Retailers are the lifeblood of AWG. Throughout most of the central and southeast United States these successful independent retailers feed communities and invigorate communities with their businesses.
Our Membership Model
We are extremely proud of our low cost cooperative model and competitive marketing strategies. We have a proven track record with our members including offering the lowest overall cost of goods every day and improving their bottom line. At AWG all of our profits are returned to our members.
Learn moreDistribution Footprint
Associated Wholesale Grocers supplies stores in more than half the states in the country. We have 9 modern and efficient distribution centers, totaling more than 9 million square feet.
Learn moreMember Support
From day-to-day operations to building a new store, AWG provides a full complement of Retail Support, Marketing Services, Real Estate and Store Engineering services to assist our member-retailers with everything they need to compete in today’s highly competitive environment.
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AWG VENDORS
Vendor Partners
Become a Vendor Partner
Looking to partner with AWG to offer your products to AWG retailers? Learn more about all the different types of products available to AWG retailers.
Explore the Product OfferingSupport Services and Tools
Have a service to support AWG member retailers? AWG is always looking to expand the tools and services offered to retailers.
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AWG TEAMMATES
Coming Together to Deliver Success
Careers
As part of the AWG family, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package. In addition to vacation and holiday pay, we provide a number of extras, which include promoting overall wellness. From accountants to sales teammates and everything in between, talented teammates from all different professions make AWG tick.
Want to join the team?The AWG Workplace
At AWG, we value a workforce that reflects the richness of our communities and a workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. Our commitment to excellence and achievement permeates all levels of our organization, from our frontline teams to our leadership.
AWG Cares
AWG retailers impact their communities daily but so do AWG teammates. AWG Cares is AWG’s employee charitable foundation and relief fund that allows teammates to give back to charities, community organizations and fellow teammates in need.
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in the news
The grocery business moves quickly.
Find all the news related to AWG, AWG member retailers, and AWG vendor partners below:
AWG and University of Illinois Collaborate to Enhance Data-Driven Strategies in Grocery Sector
AWG collaborated with Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on two data research projects this 2024-2025 school year. These initiatives supplement AWG with sophisticated analytics, strategy
AWG Brands Launches New Items Catering to Emerging Consumer Trends
Products expand the private brands portfolio with 22 new food and non-food items. AWG Brands, the private brands program of Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG), announced a lineup of
AWG Brands Earns Recognition with Two Editors’ Picks Awards from Progressive Grocer
Each year, Progressive Grocer selects the best new products to join its prestigious Editors’ Picks list of national and private brand items. Brands, both large and small, are recognized for