Unified Grocers Inc. in Commerce, the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the western United States, announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with Sacramento grocery chain Raley’s to take over its general merchandise, health, beauty and wellness operations. Unified will become Raley’s third-party provider for products related to those operations.

The agreement includes leasing a Raley’s warehouse in Stockton. Under the terms of the agreement, Unified has hired all the employees who work in the facility.

The warehouse is only eight miles from Unified’s own Stockton facility.