The Fresh Grocer

The Fresh Grocer
Retailers' cooperatives
Private
Industry Grocery
Founded 1996 (1996) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Founder Patrick J. Burns
Headquarters Keasbey, New Jersey, U.S.
Number of locations
7
Area served
Philadelphia, PA, Delaware
Key people
Patrick J. Burns (President and CEO), The Fresh Grocer
Joseph S. Colalillo (Chairman and CEO, Wakefern Food Corp.
Number of employees
1,500
Parent Wakefern Food Corporation
Website www.thefreshgrocer.com

The Fresh Grocer is a supermarket chain that operates 7 stores in Delaware and in the Greater Philadelphia region of Pennsylvania.[1] Founded in 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as an independent company, the company joined the Wakefern Food Corporation, a retailer's cooperative, in 2013.[2]

Expansion

Wakefern members Patrick Burns and Jeff Brown will open 4 new Fresh Grocer stores in March, 2016, all in former Pathmark stores which were purchased at auction. The stores will be opened in Wyncote, PA, Upper Darby, PA, Brookhaven, PA and Monument Avenue in Philadelphia.[3]

References

  1. http://www.thefreshgrocer.com/about-us/ About the Fresh Grocer
  2. Springer, Jon. "Fresh Grocer Joins Wakefern Co-op". Supermarket News. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  3. "Wakefern Reports Record Sales; 16 New Units In Real Estate Plan". Food Trade News. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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