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Our Mission:
TO SERVE
•our CUSTOMER with an exciting and extreme value shopping experience.
•our SUPPLIERS by being the best retail grocery liquidator.
•our ASSOCIATES by providing an environment of mutual respect and integrity.
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History……………………….
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In 1974 Michael Tullock was still in high school when he
decided to launch his own business “The Bargain Barn”
which was located in the back of his parents’ antique
shop in Etowah, Tenn.
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While Tullock’s parents Doug and Carol drove the family
station wagon to the Stokely-Van Camp plant to
purchase cases of canned goods, Michael was busy
minding the store after school. Within a few weeks,
Tullock’s grocery business had driven out the antiques.
With $1,000 allotted by his parents the business was off
and running.
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37 years and 35 stores later Michael Tullock is the
CEO of a growing chain. The corporate charter of
Bargain Barn, Inc. still remains today but has
developed store names of United Grocery Outlet and
the most recent acquisition of GO Grocery Outlet
stores in North Carolina.
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We currently employ 700 associates in 5 states:
Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky,
and North Carolina.
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In the closeout business, Tullock said he can buy
shipments of quality food, produce and meat that
manufactures may have overbought or discontinued.
“It’s definitely a niche market. We’re not trying to go
head-to-head with the big guys, but we’re more flexible,”
he said.
“Customers like the surprise factor,” “They like to find a
product at a good price. They often ask when our trucks
are coming in.”
Jeanne Hix of Fletcher N.C. has been a regular
customer at both the Skyland and Hendersonville
locations of Grocery Outlet. Feeding a family of four,
she’s been able to whittle her grocery bill down to about
$300 a month. “I really load up,” Hix said
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In business since 1974 we provide:
 Quick effective and efficient answers for product
issues.
 We move tremendous amounts of product through
our own retail outlets quietly and discretely.
 We support all marketing restrictions as needed.
 We carefully display product in a very neat, clean and
spacious store.
 We support a cost that allows a value to the supplier
and a retail price offering savings to our customer.
 We respond promptly to all offers from manufacturers
and expedite payment based on agreed terms.
 We are the end retailer and are positioned to track /
halt retail sales immediately if involved in a recall.
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Our distribution center is located in Athens,
Tennessee.
DC Capacity:
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Dry - 5600 slots, 62000sqft
Refrigerated – 825 slots, 17300sqft, 3 temps (Dairy,Candy,Produce)
Frozen – 1000 slots, 9500sqft, 3 temps (Ice Cream, Novelties, misc)
Fresh Produce
Fresh Meat
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Services offered
Warehouse scanning for reclamation damage
and distribution damage
 In house labeling, re-labeling, stripping labels
 Re-packing bulk products (Individually wrapped product)
 Re-label short weights
 Apply specialty stickers
 Flexibility in solving problems
 Solutions company
 Respond to offers quickly
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We Specialize in Handling Inventory
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Imbalances
Close Outs
Package Change
Bag Fills
Close Dated Product
Factory Seconds
Trial Run Products
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Manufacturers we Support
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CAMPBELLS
CONAGRA
GENERAL MILLS
KELLOGGS
KRAFT FOODS
LAND O LAKES
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M & M MARS
NESTLE
QUAKER
S.C. JOHNSON
UNILEVER
SARA LEE
Complete listing available at www.myugo.com
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Welcome
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100% Satisfaction Guarantee
We Do Not Accept Vendor Coupons
We Do Not Advertise Name Brands
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Congratulations !!
2011 Tennessee Grocers & Convenient Store
Association
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