

C&S then built and moved into a 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m 2) warehouse in Brattleboro, Vermont. In the 1970s, the founder's grandson, Rick Cohen, joined the company. Ĭ&S grew dramatically in 1958 after it began serving supermarket chain Big D in Worcester.
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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. In 1929 the original building flooded, prompting a move to a new, larger location on Hygeia Street. It began as a small grocery distribution center in a three-story building on Winter Street. History Wholesale operations Ĭ&S was founded by Israel Cohen and Abraham Siegel in 1918 in Worcester, Massachusetts. C&S customers include Giant-Carlisle, Giant-Landover, Safeway Inc., Southeastern Grocers, Target Corporation, and independent store/supermarket owner/operators. Services range from wholesale procurement, category management, pricing, marketing, advertising, merchandising, business and accounting, store design, and engineering. Īs of 2021, C&S serviced over 7,700 independent supermarkets, chain stores, military bases and institutions with over 137,000 different products, including produce, meat, dairy products, delicatessen products, fresh/frozen bakery items, health and beauty aids, candy, and tobacco.

C&S owns the Piggly Wiggly grocery brand, which is independently franchised to store operators, the Grand Union supermarkets brand, as well as several private label brands, including Best Yet. In 2021 it was the eighth-largest privately held company in the United States, as listed by Forbes. C&S Wholesale Grocers is a national wholesale grocery supply company in the United States, based in Keene, New Hampshire.
