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GoLite is an outdoor hiking and backpacking gear company that relaunched as an apparel manufacturer under new ownership in 2018. [1] Humanitarian and environmental initiatives are a key part of the new ownership. As of 2018, GoLite has donated 14,000 uniforms to help health care workers in Uganda and Guatemala using company fabric resources.
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is a retailer-owned wholesale grocery cooperative that supplies independently owned supermarkets and grocery stores. [1] It serves more than 4,000 locations in 36 states in the Midwest, the Southeast, and the Southwest, and from 8 full-line wholesale divisions.
In 1978, J.M. Smucker debuted a low sugar "spread" that was so low in sugar the Food and Drug Administration wouldn't allow Smucker's to market it as a jam. [10] J.M. Smucker acquired gourmet preserves company Dickinson's in 1979, [ 14 ] and by 1980, J.M. Smucker was the number one jams and jellies company in the United States, [ 16 ] with over ...
The first store opened in 1975 with 4,200 square feet of space. [5] Bonaminio continued to expand the store, adding products at customer request and enlarging and re-arranging the store. In 1988, after visiting specialty markets in Chicago, he decided to make the store an international market as well as introduce the jungle theme. Today, Jungle ...
Stewart's Shops is an American regional chain of convenience stores located in Upstate New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire owned by the Dake family and the employees through an ESOP plan. Headquartered in Ballston Spa (with a Saratoga Springs address), the company is well-established, particularly in the Capital District, Adirondacks and North ...
By 2009, Sara Lee was pursuing the sale of its household and body care business in their continuing effort to focus on core business. [14] In April, Sara Lee launched a state-of-the-art research and development center named The Kitchens of Sara Lee, a 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m 2 ) campus at the company's headquarters in Downers Grove.
The second store opened in 1960 in Encino and the third store opened in 1965 in North Hollywood. [4] In 1966, Arden Group acquired Gelson's. [5] In February 2014, Arden Group sold Gelson's to TPG Capital for $394 million. [6] [7] In 2015, the company acquired 8 stores from Haggen for $36 million. [8]
Do It Best Corp., formerly known as Hardware Wholesalers, Inc. (HWI), is a member-owned hardware, lumber, and building materials cooperative based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.Do it Best Corp. is the second-largest co-op in the industry with over $5 billion in annual sales. [2]