Western Family Foods was founded as the Pacific Mercantile Cooperative on March 3, 1934 by a group of retailer-owned grocery wholesalers. Western Family Foods was established December 19, 1963. The company supplies independent grocery stores with store brands. It distributes the Western Family, Shurfine, Shursaving, MarketChoice and Better Buy brands which are used in many independently-owned supermarkets. It is based in Tigard, Oregon.