Topco honors Members with awards, recognizes milestone anniversaries

Topco Associates, LLC. recently hosted its Annual Membership Conference where an event-long theme of “The Power of Partnership” was on full display. Among conversations and celebrations throughout the conference, several members were honored for their significant sales and volume growth across Topco programs in 2025, with select organizations receiving additional recognition due to exemplary performance.

“The membership achieved a record year of growth—driven not only by the outstanding performances in Pharmacy, Center Store, Fresh and Indirect Spend, but also by meaningful progress across key initiatives throughout the business,” said Topco President and CEO Randy Skoda. “This momentum is a testament to the power of partnership. There is no shortage of excellence across the membership, and we are proud to recognize and celebrate the organizations whose participation, commitment, and collaborative spirit continue to elevate us all.”

In only the second year of the award, five Full Member-owners who exceeded $1 billion in purchases through Topco in 2025 were presented with the Chairman’s Circle Award. This year's winners were: Associated Food Stores, Inc., K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., SpartanNash Company, Stater Bros. Markets and Weis Markets, Inc.

Below is the complete list of growth awards and winners:
Associated Food Stores, Inc. - Overall Highest Purchase Volume
As a product of its involvement with Topco, Associated Food Stores achieved sales growth across all programs in 2025. Additionally, AFS is also an active participant across several Member Advisory and Steering Committees of Topco, while also holding seats on the Board of Directors and Operations Team. As a member of Topco since 2012, AFS continues to support key initiatives and carries full commitment across Center Store, Fresh, Indirect Spend, and Pharmacy.

K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. – Total Penetration
A member of Topco for more than 30 years, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. earned this award by growing its penetration and maintaining commitment in all Topco programs. K-VA-T’s performance included sales increases in Center Store, Fresh, and Value Add, with substantial participation in Topco brands Food Club, Simply Done, Full Circle Market, Crav’n Flavor, TopCare, and Basket & Bushel brands.

Affiliated Foods Inc. – Greatest Dollar Growth, Total Program
Affiliated Foods Inc. achieved sales growth across all programs, guided by fresh beef and committed segments within the Indirect Spend Program.

URM Stores, Inc. – Greatest Percentage Growth, Total Program
URM Stores, Inc. saw growth across all programs, led by committed segment growth in the Indirect Spend Program, along with purchases in beef primals.

Schnuck Markets, Inc. – Greatest Dollar Growth, Center Store
Schnuck Markets, Inc. demonstrated substantial growth in Center Store, achieving the greatest dollar growth in 2025. This is attributable to incremental sales across all Center Store programs including Schunck’s own brand, Simply Done, Crav’n Flavor and Full Circle Market.

Northeast Grocery, Tops Markets LLC. - Greatest Percentage Growth, Center Store
Driven by incremental volume from Tops Markets’ own brand, Crav’n Flavor, Paws Happy Life, and Pure Harmony, the grocer achieved the highest percentage growth in the Center Store program.

Brookshire Grocery Company - Greatest Dollar Growth, Fresh
Increased participation and category growth within produce and fresh meat led Brookshire Grocery Company to earn the award for Greatest Dollar Growth in Fresh.

Big Y Foods, Inc. – Greatest Percentage Growth, Fresh
Big Y Foods, Inc. saw an impressive increase in 2025 due to growth in fresh meat across fresh chicken, hams and beef, as well as sales growth in seafood – driven by shrimp, lobster and snow crab – which resulted in the honor.

Alex Lee, Inc. – Greatest Dollar Growth, Value-Add
Alex Lee, Inc. grew its Value-Add Dollar purchases in 2025 by engaging broadly across value-added programs. The grocer’s focus was highly successful, providing savings on sourcing events.

Northeast Grocery, Price Chopper/Market 32 – Greatest Percentage Growth, Value-Add
Price Chopper/Market 32 achieved the Value-Add Greatest Percentage Growth award as a result of an impressive increase within the Indirect Spend and Pharmacy programs.

Topco Member Anniversary Milestones
As a way to highlight the strength of the cooperative and showcase appreciation for longstanding partnerships that help keep the membership at the forefront of the industry, Topco also recognized members celebrating milestone anniversaries of their Membership in Topco.

Organizations celebrating milestone anniversaries include:
Piggly Wiggly Midwest – 70 years
Big Y Foods, Inc. – 35 years
Centro Cuesta Nacional, C. por A. – 20 years
Larroc, Inc. – 20 years
Price Chopper/Market 32 – 20 years
Roche Bros. Supermarkets LLC – 20 years
Affiliated Foods, Inc. – 10 years
Associated Grocers of New England, Inc. – 10 years
Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company, Inc. – 10 years
URM Stores, Inc. – 10 years

—About Topco Associates, LLC—
Topco Associates, LLC is a $19.5 billion, privately held, member-owned company that provides aggregation, innovation and knowledge management solutions for its leading food industry member-owners and customers, including grocery retailers, wholesalers, food service, and pharmacy companies. Topco leverages the collective volume, knowledge, and commitment of these companies to create a competitive advantage in the marketplace by reducing costs and offering winning business-building capabilities. For more information, visit www.topco.com.