AGS, C&S Team To Expand Distribution Efforts
Atlantic Grocery Supply (AGS), the grocery division of Pompano, Florida-based Sun Commodities Inc. (Sun Group), and C&S Wholesale Grocers LLC (C&S) are partnering to provide wholesale supply solutions to retailers in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
Sun Group has a history of supplying retailers throughout the Southeast and the Caribbean. AGS, the company’s grocery division, has continued to expand over the years. Under this agreement with C&S, export customers will have access to competitive pricing and a grocery assortment of more than 40,000 items.
“We’re excited to partner with C&S and leverage their strong national scale to offer the same competitive supply to all our export customers,” said Christopher Miller, president of AGS. “With the combined offering of our leading produce supply along with the entire grocery assortment of C&S, we’re able to provide the export market with an unparalleled offering.”
The partnership will operate out of C&S’s 1 million-square-foot warehouse in Miami, with C&S and AGS partnering on sales to Florida-based independent retail customers and AGS leading sales to export customers. Sun Group will continue to supply produce to retailers and foodservice customers throughout the Southeast and the Caribbean.
“We look forward to working with AGS and leveraging our strong capabilities to provide a superior assortment and service experience,” said Eric Winn, chief executive officer of C&S Wholesale Grocers. “Together, C&S and AGS will create an optimized supply chain model that brings unparalleled value to AGS’s customers. C&S is committed to growing our customer base and building on our quality and service legacy of braggingly happy customers.”
Sun Group was founded in 1995 and has expanded to include divisions that supply retailers, export customers, and foodservice operators. In 2018, the company added the Atlantic Grocery Supply division to provide grocery items to customers in the U.S. and abroad.
C&S Wholesale Grocers was founded in 1918 and today supplies more than 7,500 independent supermarkets, chain stores, military bases, and institutions with more than 100,000 different products. C&S also operates and supports corporate grocery stores and services independent franchisees under a chain-style model throughout the Midwest, South, and Northeast.
