Alliances

FMI provides leadership to retailers and wholesalers of food and consumer products, as well as to their supplier partners, by fostering their growth and promoting their role in feeding families and enriching the lives of their customers. FMI also provides direction to partners as the industry innovates to meet the changing needs of its customers.

Affiliated Foods Midwest is a proud IGA LDC (Licensed Distribution Center). We actively support IGA's mission in bringing together independent grocers across the United States to ensure that the trusted, family-owned local grocery store remained strong in the face of growing chain competition. Our support of IGA grocers is comprehensive and dynamic. Contact Brad Brooks for information regarding IGA training opportunities.

The National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) is the national trade association representing the retail and wholesale grocers that comprise the independent sector of the food distribution industry. Its mission is: to ensure independent, community-focused retailers and wholesalers the opportunity to succeed and better serve the consumer through its policies, advocacy, programs and services.

Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (R.O.F.D.A.) is a trade association, comprised of suppliers and distributors in the food industry. R.O.F.D.A.'s mission is to promote and support the retailer-owned distribution segment of the food industry with value added programs and services, all in furtherance of servicing independent retail grocers located throughout America.

Affiliated Foods Midwest is an active advertiser in the Shelby Report of the Midwest and the Shelby Report of the Southwest. The Shelby Report features a grass roots approach and in-person, in-the-market interviews to ensure readers a closer look at the issues and topics which affect their businesses.

Topco Associates LLC is a privately held company that provides innovative business solutions for its food industry member-owners and customers. Topco leverages the collective volume, knowledge and commitment of these companies to create a competitive advantage in the marketplace by reducing costs and offering winning business-building capabilities.