QUALITY ASSURANCE
Topco is committed to delivering quality products to its member-owners, allocating significant resources to ensure excellence in both packaged goods and perishables. Quality Assurance resources include expert technologists, who specialize in specific categories and together, test over 130,000 product samples each year. Topco Quality Assurance also develops written specifications, generally based on the leading national brand, for all Topco products, and regularly conducts comparison testing between Topco corporate brands and the leading national brand. This testing shows that Topco corporate brands consistently meet or exceed the quality of national brands.
SHURFRESH
This brand name is predominantly perishable items such as Ice Cream, Milk, Bread, Eggs, Dairy, and Meat.
SHURFINE
Representing a full line of grocery products with over 1,500 items available, Shurfine is an excellent quality that is equal to, or better than the national brand. Shurfine is so popular that it is a store brand often recognized as a regular brand name.
VALU TIME
Value quality assortment of 1400 items found from wall to wall with a variety and selection of valu items for the budget minded shopper. Valu Time is in every major and minor category with price leaders.
TOP CARE
Represents variety, selection, high quality and low "every day low cost" within our H.B.C. dept. Top Care is exactly the same as formula O.T.C. items as government regulations require. H.B.C. items are large contributors to overall store profits when managing a solid H.B.C. program.
IGA, MORE THAN JUST A BRAND...
Since 1926, IGA’s name and red oval logo have symbolized quality, pride and value to grocery shoppers around the US. In the late 1980s, IGA began attracting interest from other countries and cultures, leading to an international expansion that began in Japan and Australia. Today, IGA has operations in 48 of the United States and more than 40 countries, commonwealths and territories on all six inhabited continents.
All IGA stores are independently owned and operated, meaning decisions regarding policy, price and procedures are made by the individual storeowner – not IGA, INC. The benefit of this arrangement is obvious. IGA gives the retailer the size and strength to compete in the marketplace, yet maintain the flexibility and autonomy of a local business operator. All IGA stores have a Licensed Distribution Center to help meet business and marketing needs. As a Licensed Distribution Center, Associated Grocers is proud to be a part of the IGA family.
IGA's exclusive store brand product line, IGA Brand, has provided customers a wide variety of products for more than 75 years. With colorful and modern packaging on the outside and high quality ingredients on the inside, IGA Brand offers customers a smart, low cost alternative to national brands.
IGA Brand maintains a standard of quality equal to or better than national brands. Each of the more than 2,300 items must meet stringent quality specifications that equal or surpass USDA and FDA standards. Our products are randomly selected at IGA stores throughout the year and tested again to ensure our standards are being met. As a result of our dual testing process, IGA retailers can feel confident carrying the IGA Brand. Also, IGA shoppers can feel comfortable taking a top-of-the-line product home to their families.