Associated Grocers of New England Hampshire, and Sully's Superette in Goffstown and Allenstown, New Hampshire. Associated Grocers of New England Associated Grocers of New England (AGNE) is a retailers' cooperative serving over six hundred independent grocery stores and convenience stores, in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1946 as New Hampshire Wholesale Grocers and took the present name in 1969. AGNE is a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates. It distributes Shurfine products in its stores. It is based in Pembroke, New Hampshire. AGNE operates Vista Foods supermarkets in Laconia, New Hampshire and
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