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C&S Wholesale Grocers is an American wholesale distributor of food and grocery store items with its headquarters in Keene, New Hampshire, United States. C&S is the twelfth-largest privately held company in the United States, as listed in 2013 by ''Forbes''. C&S owns the Piggly Wiggly grocery brand (which is independently franchised to store operators) as well as the Best Yet private label brand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Full Line Wholesale Procurment )〕 C&S is the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the United States, based on revenue.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cswg.com/about/investor-relations )〕 C&S provides more than 95,000 stock-keeping units (SKUs) food and nonfood items to 5,000 corporate customers, including produce, meat, dairy products, delicatessen products, fresh/frozen bakery items, health and beauty aids, candy, and tobacco. C&S has 14,000 associates in 15 states, and storage space of more than 15 million square feet.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Private Label Brands )〕 C&S customers include Giant-Carlisle, Giant-Landover, Stop & Shop, Safeway Inc., A&P Supermarkets, Target Corporation, and independent store/supermarket owner/operators.〔 ==History== C&S was founded by Israel Cohen and Abraham Siegel in 1918 in Worcester, Massachusetts. It began as a small grocery distribution center in a three-story building on Winter Street. In 1929 the original building flooded, prompting a move to a new, larger location on Hygeia Street. In the 1940s, as the popularity of supermarkets grew, C&S made several improvements to their distribution process including a warehouse "roller system", and staffing trucks with one employee who acts as driver and salesman, thus cutting delivery costs in half.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cswg.com/about/cs-through-years )〕 C&S grew dramatically in 1958 after it began serving supermarket chain Big D in Worcester. In the 1970s, the founder's grandson, Rick Cohen, joined the company. C&S then built and moved into a warehouse in Brattleboro, Vermont. With the move, it began serving several large supermarket chains, including A&P.〔 Beginning in 2013, C&S entered into a partnership with BI-LO to provide warehousing, distribution, and procurement services for all 480 Winn-Dixie stores. As a result, C&S began to operate six existing Winn-Dixie distribution centers in the Southeast of the United States. In September 2014, C&S entered into an Asset purchase agreement with Associated Wholesalers Inc (AWI), thus allowing C&S to acquire nearly all of their assets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「C&S Wholesale Grocers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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