Private company
Certified Grocers Midwest
Logo: http://www.certisaver.com/, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3
American retailers' cooperative
Certified Grocers Midwest was a retailers' cooperative serving independent supermarkets in six states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. It was founded in 1940 and was a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates. Many of its stores served the African American and Hispanic communities.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Certified Grocers Midwest was a retailers' cooperative serving independent supermarkets in six states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. It was founded in 1940 and was a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates. Many of its stores served the African American and Hispanic communities. It distributed Country's Delight brand bread, milk and ice cream as store brands along with Raggedy Ann and the Certified label. It merged into Central Grocers Cooperative in 2008. Central Grocers Cooperative went bankrupt in May 2017.2
Timeline
- 1940Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaCertified Grocers Midwest
- WikidataQ5065181
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