URM Stores
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| Formerly | United Retail Merchants |
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| Company type | Retailers' cooperative |
| Founded | 1921 in Spokane, Washington, United States [1] |
| Headquarters | 7511 N Freya St, , United States |
Areas served | Washington Idaho Oregon Montana |
Key people | Ray Sprinkle (President & CEO) |
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| Members | Rosauers Yoke's Fresh Market Super 1 Foods Harvest Foods |
Number of employees | 2,755 |
| Divisions | Rosauers Super 1 Foods Huckleberry's Natural Market |
| Website | urmstores.com/ |
P URM Stores, Inc. (formerly United Retail Merchants) of Spokane, Washington is an American retailers' cooperative serving independent supermarkets in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. It was founded in 1921 and is a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates. It used to be an owner of Western Family Foods until 2018, when Western Family products were replaced by Topco brands which include Food Club, Crav'n Flavor, Top Care, Simply Done, Culinary Tours, Wide Awake Coffee Co., That's Smart, Tippy Toes, Paws Happy Life, Pure Harmony and CharKing. It purchased Rosauers Supermarket in 2000.
Its affiliated supermarkets include Family Foods, Harvest Foods, Rosauers, Yoke's Fresh Market, and Super 1 Foods.
History
[edit]URM Stores was founded as United Retail Merchants as a co-op of five stores in 1921.[2] It became a distributor of Western Family Foods from 1968 to 2016.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "URM Stores History". URM Stores. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- ^ a b "Then and Now: URM Stores". The Spokesman-Review. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- American companies established in 1921
- Retail companies established in 1921
- Companies based in Spokane, Washington
- Economy of the Northwestern United States
- Supermarkets of the United States
- Retailers' cooperatives in the United States
- 1921 establishments in Washington (state)
- Cooperatives based in Washington