Topco Associates LLC Welcomes United Supermarkets As A New Member

Skokie,IL - Topco Associates LLC is pleased to announce that United Supermarkets of Lubbock, Texas has become a member-owner of the $7.3B food industry procurement company. United Supermarkets is a family-owned company, operating in North and West Texas, with annual sales of approximately $1.1B. They operate 46 stores under three formats: the core concept United Supermarkets, the whole health and gourmet Market Street, and the international-format Super Mercado.

"We are very pleased to welcome United Supermarkets to the Topco family," said Steve Lauer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Topco. "They are a well respected company and will further enhance our aggregation power for the benefit of all our members."

"We look forward to working with Topco's outstanding procurement organization, which will enable us to continue our tradition of offering high levels of service while providing quality products at competitive prices," said Dan Sanders, Chief Executive Officer of United Supermarkets. "Our growth and success are tied to our unwavering commitment to service – to our guests, team members, and communities."

Topco Associates LLC is a privately held company that aggregates the purchasing power of its food industry member-owners to procure a broad range of products and services. Topco leverages the volume, knowledge and commitment of its member companies to be the least cost and most effective provider of these goods and services. Topco member-owners have collective sales volume of more than $110B second only to Wal-Mart in U.S. food industry sales.

SOURCE: Topco Associates LLC