Brookshire Bros. Joins Topco Associates

Texas-based grocery retailer Brookshire Brothers Inc. has joined Topco Associates as a member-owner.

“2017 has been a year of outstanding growth and innovation for Brookshire Brothers,” said John Alston, president and CEO of the employee-owned supermarket chain. “Topco offers a unique opportunity for its members to dramatically increase our scale, gain industry insight from other regional grocers and more effectively compete in our respective markets.”  

With store formats ranging from contemporary grocery stores and convenience-supermarket hybrids to traditional convenience stores, Brookshire Brothers owns and operates under nine distinctive retail brands: Brookshire Brothers, Brookshire Brothers Express, Cormie’s Grocery, David’s Supermarkets, David’s Express, Pecan Foods, Polk Pick-It-Up, Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy and Tobacco Barn.

One of the company’s Express locations was featured as Progressive Grocer’s Store of the Month in its May 2017 issue

“Brookshire Brothers’ philosophy of innovation and commitment to serving customers’ needs makes it a great addition to Topco’s membership, especially as we drive new ways to advance as one in the marketplace,” said Randy Skoda, Topco president and CEO. “We look forward to helping them leverage Topco’s platform of aggregation, innovation and knowledge management across multiple categories so that they can deliver even more value and in-store solutions to their shoppers.”

Lufkin, Texas-based Brookshire Brothers was founded in 1921 and became a majority employee-owned company in 1999. In 2006, the employees bought the remaining shares of the company to become one of the largest employee-owned companies in the country.

Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Topco Associates LLC provides aggregation, innovation and knowledge management solutions for its leading food industry member-owners and customers, including grocery retailers, wholesalers and foodservice companies. 
 

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