Grocery

The foundation of every store is its Center Store Grocery Department. It’s all about balancing the right variety of what today’s consumers want. AG New England boasts a wide variety of the leading national brands, new and emerging products, and the most respected private label store brand program in the industry.

A well-organized team of buyers is dedicated to competitive retail pricing and solid store profitability. Fulfilling the grocery needs of retailers and assessing the variety and quality of new product offerings is an ongoing process. A sophisticated inventory management system assists in maintaining inventory control and forecasting product movement to take best advantage of deal opportunities and purchasing methods for maximum store profitability.

Vital to the process of effective buying is communicating and implementing promotional opportunities to formulate effective merchandising, creative advertising and store promotions. AG New England's promotional pricing and ongoing Temporary Price Reduction/Limited Time Offer Program (LTO) offer retailers limited-time-only, best buying opportunities on temporarily price-reduced items with over 700 selected items available per quarter.

The state-of-the-art Distribution Center in Pembroke, New Hampshire, has sufficient space to allow buying in larger quantities and taking better advantage of manufacturer/vendor deals as well as future buying opportunities. Every retailer has the opportunity to select products that best fit their locale and customer preferences while exploring new product opportunities and expanding the variety and quality of products.

Private Label Store Brand Groceries
In addition to thousands of national brand grocery items, our Private Label, Store-Brand Program – Shurfine – rounds out a store's offering. The Shurfine program includes product throughout the store, but consumer response to the quality and pricing of grocery items has long been recognized for winning customer loyalty and satisfaction. Shurfine has proven to be most beneficial to the Independent Retailer’s quest to build an individual store identity, and the growing interest in Organics is well served by the Natural Directions line.

General Merchandise
A flexible General Merchandising and Health and Beauty Care Program offers a wide variety of products, including private label store brand items. An alliance relationship with Associated Wholesaler, Inc., a retailer-owned wholesaler that is highly successful in General Merchandise, enables AG New England to fulfill every store's needs in this product category.

11 Cooperative Way, Pembroke, NH 03275 • (603) 223-6710
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