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Orange Empire CO-OP

Posted: 25 Apr 2006 23:49
by jamcool
I had an uncle who worked in PHX for Alfred M Lewis, the West Coast grocery wholesaler who sold under the "Orange Empire" banner. Has anybody ever seen a store using the Orange Empire name? I know A M Lewis was disbanded in the 80s-Lucky picked up their PHX warehouse then Fry's bought it when Lucky pulled out of AZ.

Re: Orange Empire CO-OP

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 21:01
by Larcor
jamcool wrote:I had an uncle who worked in PHX for Alfred M Lewis, the West Coast grocery wholesaler who sold under the "Orange Empire" banner. Has anybody ever seen a store using the Orange Empire name? I know A M Lewis was disbanded in the 80s-Lucky picked up their PHX warehouse then Fry's bought it when Lucky pulled out of AZ.
I do not remember any grocer using the name Orange Empire or A.M. Lewis. I do remember when I worked for Michael's Markets in Orange, we had to hand deliver our grocery orders twice a week to their warehouse in Riverside just off the Riverside Freeway.

Larry Corbett

Re: Orange Empire CO-OP

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:01
by Dan Riley
As a receiving clerk, while I was kid, I remember receiving three loads a week from them. I believe they warehoused exclusively bulk products