Laurel Grocery Company sees IGA's Hometown Proud family as a perfect opportunity for our local independent grocers to greet the future. IGA's assessment program ensures high quality operations, their promotions help bring in new customers and keep existing customers excited about shopping, and their technological support, coupled with Laurel's team, will help our retailers make more strategic decisions about their business. Since 1922, the Laurel Grocery Company has been serving grocers, schools, restaurants and other large institutions. Their modern distribution center in London, Kentucky supports more 400 retail stores in Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and their home state of Kentucky. Laurel supports its retailers with computer and POS programs, retail accounting services, field supervision, pricing programs, advertising services, in-store promotions and ad group management.
Laurel is the largest independently owned wholesaler in Kentucky.
IGA's alliance includes a more than 4,000 Hometown Proud Supermarkets worldwide, supported by 24 distribution companies and master franchisors and more than 70 major manufacturers, vendors and suppliers encompassing everything from grocery to equipment items. Founded in 1926 with the goal of giving independent retailers the size and strength to compete in the marketplace while maintaining their flexibility and autonomy as small business operators, IGA is an increasingly popular format. Currently in the United States, a new IGA license is granted every 48 hours. Worldwide, an IGA license is granted once every 24 hours. Through its alliance, IGA ranks in the top 10 in world food supermarketing.