AWG Concept Stores

Associated Wholesale Grocers’ member retailers operate their stores under a variety of formats supported by the co-op through design, marketing and brand programs.

Price Chopper/Price Mart

The Price Chopper/Price Mart concept has evolved over 30 years to meet continuously changing consumer needs and expectations. What began as a warehouse-type store has become a low-price image retail concept, designed to operate profitably in a variety of trade areas.

Price Chopper and Price Mart stores are known for large volume and low prices. These stores offer a wide variety of goods and focus on high-quality perishable products. Aggressive, ongoing store promotions have helped Price Chopper and Price Mart dominate the market in selected AWG trade areas.

Ranging from 50,000 to 92,000 square feet, these stores often anchor major retail shopping developments. The Price Chopper/Price Mart food-and-drug store concept includes expanded service meat, seafood and poultry departments, and full-service bakery and deli departments. Many locations also offer a pharmacy.

Sun Fresh

Sun Fresh is an upscale conventional store format that allows a retailer to compete on more than just price alone. Sun Fresh features a high-profile perishable image, full-service departments and competitive pricing.

The Sun Fresh concept, at 30,000 to 63,000 square feet, is designed to operate in highly populated residential areas. Sun Fresh offers full-service meat counters; expanded produce; dairy, poultry and seafood departments; full-service deli/bakery; and floral. Sun Fresh’s quality and convenience image is enhanced by its reputation for service.

Country Mart

Country Mart is a value-added warehouse-type store designed for county-seat towns and rural communities. This 25,000- to 45,000-square-foot store concept offers the variety and pricing typically found in metro-area stores. The value-price image is projected through its décor package and is designed to give operators a profit structure that makes them the low price leaders in their respective markets.

Country Mart offers variety, freshness and quality at competitive prices. The stores offer expanded produce, frozen, and dairy departments, and full-service deli/bakery, meat, seafood and poultry at select locations.

Apple Market

Apple Market is a full-service neighborhood concept store with a signature high-quality perishable image.

Convenience, quality and service, as well as the freshest produce, meats, bakery and deli items, are hallmarks of the neighborhood Apple Market store, which ranges from 20,000 to 35,000 square feet.

Thriftway

The Thriftway format is geared toward city or rural neighborhood locations, with stores of 15,000 to 30,000 square feet focusing on service, product variety, convenience and low prices.

Each store carries fresh produce at a good value, fresh-cut meats, bakery products tailored to each store’s customers, cold deli items, and selected hot deli items, including sandwiches and quick-to-fix take-home products. Both AWG brands and national brands are offered in all categories.

Cash Saver

Cash Saver is a low-price format, providing customers with value and savings, without sacrificing quality. Cash Saver stores are small- to medium-sized, generally 15,000 to 30,000 square feet. Many Cash Saver stores are cost plus 10 percent.

Cash Saver offers an aggressive pricing program, with high-quality produce and meat departments and a full assortment of AWG brands. Personal attention and a commitment to service, quality and savings help this concept compete effectively against larger stores.

IGA

The Hometown IGA concept is an ideal format for county-seat towns and rural communities, providing a proven market strategy that combines the IGA brand with local store identity.

IGA stores come in sizes ranging from 12,000 to 50,000 square feet. IGA stores carry fresh produce and fresh-cut meats at a good value, with many stores offering deli/bakery products based on store demographics. A wide selection of IGA products is offered in all departments of the store, supplemented by Best Choice and Always Save items.

The IGA promise of offering great customer service, a strong sense of community, family, value, convenience and quality allow this concept to compete in the marketplace. The IGA store-brand program at AWG has more than 800 SKUs in grocery, dairy and frozen, and also incorporates items in meat, produce, deli and GM.