IGA (Independent Grocers Alliance) was founded in America in 1926 and represents an alliance between wholesalers, retailers and manufacturers. IGA became the vehicle for protecting and strengthening the relationship of the three players against the growth of the chain stores. Today IGA is the world�s largest voluntary supermarket network with sales of more than $22 billion annually with over 4,000 independent stores in some 41 different countries.  
Added on June 15, 2010