Carlsons' has new supplier, name
Carlsons' IGA will now be known as Carlsons' Grocery. The Marion supermarket has switched warehouses, or in other words, changed its principal supplier.
Affiliated Foods Midwest, based in Norfolk, Neb., will be the new supplier. Affiliated also has a branch in Elwood, Kan.
Greg Carlson, co-owner of the store, said Fleming, Inc., the former supplier, had recently gone through a bankruptcy proceeding, and "for two or three months, we have only been able to get about half of the product we ordered.
"They (Fleming) could get no credit issued to them, so they had to have the money upfront" in order to get anything, Carlson said.
"We will be handling the same meats they have at stores in Florence and Hillsboro," he said. The Florence store, and Dale's in Hillsboro, also are Affiliated stores, he said.
"Hopefully, we'll have a wider selection of grocery items now, too," he added.
The Shurfine brand is Affiliated's main label, with PriceSaver its secondary one.
"We were with them (Affiliated) before, when we were across the street from where we are now, in a smaller store," Carlson said.
"We intend to give people the same great service and smiles as before," he said. "Look for our new advertising inserts in the Marion County Record this week."
