Associated Grocers of New England’s Risk Management and Loss Prevention teams step up amid pandemic
While enterprises around the globe were shutting down and moving to remote work, frontline food suppliers, transport companies and grocery stores didn’t have that ability. AGNE needed to continue to distribute product to independent grocer members as well as its own stores throughout New England and New York, while also dealing with increased freight and procurement demands into the facility.
Associated Grocers of New England Inc. was organized in February 1946 by a group of 21 independent retailers resolved to form a company with greater purchasing power than each could realize individually. The organization first operated as New Hampshire Wholesale Grocers in an 18,000-square-foot warehouse facility in Concord, N.H. and later moved to Manchester, N.H. to accommodate growth in members and sales.
In 2006, after two moves and numerous warehouse expansions, a state-of-the-art, 380,000-square-foot distribution center with 11 million cubic feet of space on 74 acres in Pembroke, N.H. became Associated Grocers of New England’s (AGNE’s) home. In 2014, AGNE embarked on a 105,000 square foot expansion encompassing grocery, refrigerated, frozen and office areas.