Dive Brief:
- C&S Wholesale Grocers will now serve as the primary supplier for Florida-based Hispanic grocery chain Sedano’s Supermarkets, according to a Monday announcement.
- C&S announced it signed a new agreement with the grocer to provide assortment, distribution, transportation, procurement, merchandising and retail services.
- The distributor noted that this deal furthers its reach in the Southeast.
Dive Insight:
C&S will serve as the supplier for Sedano’s entire 32-store footprint, adding to the wholesaler's growing list of retailer connections in the Southeast.
"The Southeast continues to be an important driver for our long-term growth, and this is another critical partnership that broadens our impact across the region," C&S CEO Eric Winn said in the announcement.
This partnership comes after a year of expansion for C&S. In February 2025, as part of a consortium of private investors, C&S acquired roughly 170 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket locations as well as Winn-Dixie’s liquor store business from Aldi US. Last month, that enterprise shed the Southeastern Grocers name and became The Winn-Dixie Company.
In June, C&S agreed to acquire SpartanNash in a $1.77 billion deal, establishing a combined company that runs around 60 distribution centers, serves around 10,000 independent retail locations and owns more than 200 grocery stores.
C&S has also made efforts to grow outside of the U.S., partnering with Atlantic Grocery Supply to provide wholesale and supply offerings to retailers in the Caribbean and Central and South America.
