Affiliated Foods Southwest

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| name = Affiliated Foods Southwest

| logo = AFSouthwest logo.png

| type = Co-op

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| fate = Acquired

| predecessor = Model Markets

| successor = Associated Wholesale Grocers

| foundation = 1948

| founder = C.E. Toland

| defunct = 2009

| location_city = Little Rock, Arkansas

| location_country = United States

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| area_served = Southern United States

| key_people = John Mills

| industry = Retailing

| products = Groceries

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| num_employees = 530

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| homepage = [http://www.afslr.com afslr.com]

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Affiliated Foods Southwest was a retailers' cooperative serving independent supermarkets in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.Holcombe, Carl D. [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-117117865/affiliated-foods-southwest-rebounds.html Affiliated Foods Southwest rebounds.] Arkansas Business. 10 May 2004. It was founded in 1948 by C. E. "Doc" Toland, who had worked in a cooperative in Little Rock, Arkansas called Model Markets. It was a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates and distributed Shurfine products in its stores.

Affiliated Foods Southwest also operated several Harvest Foods grocery stores in Arkansas.

The company declared bankruptcy on May 5, 2009.{{cite news|title=Affiliated Foods Southwest files for Chapter 11|url=https://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/05/05/ap6381645.html|work=Forbes|date=2009-05-05|accessdate=2009-05-07}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It was acquired by Associated Wholesale Grocers.

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