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Meat & Seafood

AG of Maine independently owned and operated stores are known for their quality meats, warm and inviting customer service, competitive prices, and convenient locations throughout New England. With today's discriminating consumer, fresh top quality meats are an essential ingredient to grow sales ...our purpose is to supply, service & support the owners & operators to achieve consistent sales growth & profitability.

  • A full line of top quality IBP centric Angus, Choice & Select U.S.D.A. beef.
  • All Natural U.S. No. 1 grade IBP centric pork line.
  • Mountaire Farms, Premium Fresh Young Chicken line of Grade A & non-graded boneless & bone-in products will cover your retail and food service needs.
  • Quality Shurfine private label line of packaged meats.
  • Extensive line of Major National & Regional Brands such as Farmland, Hatfield, Hillshire, Hormel, Jordan's, John Morrell, Kayem, Kirschner, Oscar Mayer, and Tyson of packaged meats, frozen and seafood.
  • Partnership with North Atlantic Seafood for your fresh & frozen seafood needs.
  • Monthly Truckload Meat Sales.
  • Meat Freezer Plan program.

Produce

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AG of Maine carries a full assortment of fresh fruit and vegetables from all major growing areas in the United States, as well as sources from around the world when in season. We place a strong emphasis on procuring from local Maine sources as product is available.

We stock major brands such as Fresh Express, Dole, and Chiquita. Maine potatoes and Apples, along with a complete line of apples from Washington State, combine our full line of fresh with an extensive line of associated items from refrigerated salad dressings to bulk candies and bird food. We also offer Floral with an assortment of fresh bouquets available on a daily basis and a full assortment of seasonal offerings throughout the year.

We also offer major commodities in less than full case quantities. Green peppers in
3 lb increments, cello lettuce in both 12 and 6 count are just an example of what we
offer - affording the retailer the opportunity to carry more variety and increase sales without tying up inventory dollars and increasing shrink.

Bakery & Deli

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Our reputation for excellence, trust and customer service is the very qualities the AG of Maine, Bakery & Deli Department brings to each retailer. Both our thaw & sell and bake off Bakery programs afford you the ease of offering a fresh homemade touch creating an in-store aroma that is sure to sell product.

  • Quality Shurfine private label line of Deli Meats & Cheeses.
  • Extensive line of Major National & Regional Brands such as Cabot, Carolina, Hatfield, Hormel, Kayem, and Russer of Deli Meats & Cheeses.
  • Full line of pizza products from dough balls, to shells, to sauces, to cheeses & toppings.
  • Home Made Brand Foods impressive line of prepared salads including potato, meats, pastas, bean and marinated items. Dessert offerings such as pan baked puddings, custards, crisp and cobblers and cheesecakes.
  • Extensive line of Specialty Cheeses, Pre-sliced & Packaged Deli Meats (shelf stable), Pates, Crostini Tuscan Crackers, Olives, Honeys and Jams available through Crystal Food Imports cross-dock program.
  • The Bakery Department is aliened with the finest quality products from suppliers like Bake'N Joy, Labree, Maplehurst, Isamax Snacks, Labadie's, Cloverhill, and Ecce Panis.
  • Full line of ready to serve pastries, breads, rolls and proof & bake dough's.
  • Oven ready & pre-baked pies, doughnuts, muffins, and cookies.
  • In-store product demonstration & training program for sandwiches, pizzas, home meal replacement, party platters and more.

Local Products

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Here at AG of Maine we believe in supporting the community that supports us. In turn we partner with local manufactures, farmers & producers to bring you the best of the local flair.


  • Herring Brothers - Offers Smoked Whole Turkeys, Boneless Smoked Pork Chops, Smoked Boneless Pork Loins, Salt Pork, Wicked Good Beef Jerky and Whole Pigs for your next pig roast.
  • Pineland Farms - Cheese Bars, Cheese Spreads, Feta Cheese, Holiday _ Moon Variety Pack Cheese Wedge.
  • Sonny's Pizza - Frozen pizza dough balls.
  • North Atlantic Seafood - Fresh & Frozen seafood needs.
  • Mill Cove - Fresh seafood & Live Maine lobster.
  • West Minot Sugar House - fine Maine maple syrup by the jug or in beautiful glass bottles. Bottled by an AGME retailer in West Minot.
  • Isamax Snacks - Wicked Whoopies pies, muffins, & snacks.
  • Ricker Hill Farms - Apples, Cider & Cranberries (in season)
Livermore Falls Baking, It'll Be Pizza, Oakhurst Dairy, Garelick Farms, Dorothy Egg, Kate's Homemade Butter, Labadie's, Labree Baking, Steve's Snacks, LJ Sandwiches & Sweets, Harmon Clam Cakes, Appletree Baking, Gagne Foods, Penobscot Foods, Jasper Wyman, Sunrise Country, Irving Farms, Belle Vue Farms, Backyard Farms, Ducktrap, Mailhot Sausage, W.A. Bean, Barber Foods, Blue Sky Produce, Locally Grown, Swan's Honey, Maine Sea Salt, Angostura/World Harbor, Bouchard Family Farms, Denny Mikes, Pemberton's Gourmet Food, Look's Gourmet, Rayes Mustard, Kayem Foods, Old Neighborhood and the list goes on.

Grocery

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AG of Maine Currently offers over 10,000 Branded and Private Label Items giving the Independent Grocer a vast selection to choose from in satisfying today's consumer needs. Our staff of buyers/category managers work hard to ensure that AG of Maine customers have full access to a wide selection of new and existing products at the lowest possible prices to maximize stores profitability. AG of Maine provides full merchandising support in areas of retail pricing, host support, gross profit management, velocity movement studies and setup support for new or existing retailers. Our aggressive Ads and ESP (Extra Special Pricing) programs give our retailers the opportunity to be competitive in today's marketplace.

We Offer:

  • A full line of top quality National Branded Product
  • Experienced Retail Counselors to provide individual attention to retailers and customer needs or to train your in store staff on new market trends
  • Teaming with Imperial Distributors to offer a highly competitive General Merchandise and Health & Beauty Care Program to fulfill retailers needs
  • Quality Shurfine private label line of Grocery Items
  • In House Health & Beauty Care, Sundries and Automotive Programs to fulfill retailers needs
  • Cross Dock Program with Sysco, Chex Distributors, Millbrook and other leading Wholesalers to provide our retailers with the necessary product mix in todays marketplace
  • Presell Program offering Retailers Seasonal, Holiday, New Items, New Programs, etc.
  • Extensive line of Cigarettes, Tobacco, Candy and Supplies
  • Quarterly ESP updates, Weekly Advertising Programs and Grand Opening Special Ads

Frozen & Dairy

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AG of Maine realizes that consumers have reduced spending at restaurants, particularly casual diners and are re-allocating that spending to food eaten at home. Even with the price increases that have been taken by packaged food companies, there is a much lower cost to packaged foods bought at retail versus similar foods bought at a full-service restaurant. With Consumers turning to frozen pizza as they continue to feel the effects of the slower economy and look for value-priced at-home solutions for meals and snacks and cheese becoming popular snack food, AG of Maine offers a full variety of frozen and dairy items to meet the needs of every customer.

  • Maine companies represented such as Jasper Wyman and Sunrise County Frozen Blueberries, Harmon Clam Cakes, Gagne Foods, Oakhurst, Garelick, Dorothy Egg and several more.
  • Major National Brand for example, Kraft, Cabot Creamery, General Mills, Tropicana, Birds Eye, Banquet, Swanson and many more.
  • A select variety of Organic and Oriental Foods.
  • Weekly Advertised items at a competitive price.
  • Direct Store Delivery (DSD) with Central Billing through AG of Maine that allows the retailers to purchase products directly from participating vendors and be billed on their AGME invoice.
  • A full line of Shurfine frozen and dairy items that offer the customer an outstanding value.

Private Label

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Associated Grocers of Maine is proud to offer the Shurfine/Western Family Foods label as its store brand or private label for many reasons. Quality, cost, and consistency of product are the three most valuable reasons as these are the important factors needed to create that individual image for our Independent Retail Grocers.

  • Shurfine product quality is equal to or better than national brand.
  • Shurfine products are priced lower than national brands.
  • Shurfine/Western Family Foods conducts independent lab testing and plant visits to ensure that all products sold meet the standards established.
  • Shurfine product satisfaction is assured with a double-your-money-back guarantee that retailers are encouraged to promote.
Shurfine products are found in almost every category of our grocery aisles, dairy and frozen sections as well as available through DSD vendors who provide milk, bread, ice cream, etc.
Associated Grocers of Maine offers its Independent Retail Grocers approximately 1,300 quality Shurfine products and an aggressive program involving the distribution of new Shurfine items to help get these products out to consumers at excellent introductory costs.
We encourage our consumer to
"Put More on the Table with the Shurfine Label".


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