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 supplies independent

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Tigard, Oregon Tigard ( ) is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. The population was 48,035 at the 2010 census. As of 2007, Tigard was the state's 12th largest city. Incorporated in 1961, the city is located south of Beaverton and north of Tua ...

. 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 Topco 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