Description In a city of big stores, Central Grocers helps neighborhood markets stay afloat. The member-owned cooperative wholesale food distributor supplies food items and general merchandise to more than 400 independent retail grocery stores in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin. It distributes products under both national brands and its own Centrella brand. The co-op also operates about 30 stores under such banners as Strack & Van Til, Town & Country, Key Market, and the low-cost Ultra Foods chain. Founded in 1917, Central Grocers acquired rival distributor Certified Grocers in 2009.
Central Grocers has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 35 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Central Grocers employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).
Overall, 53% of employees would recommend working at Central Grocers to a friend. This is based on 35 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
100% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Central Grocers as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Central Grocers.