Wakefern Food Corporation
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The Wakefern Food Corporation, founded in 1946 and based in Elizabeth, New Jersey (United States), is the largest cooperative group of supermarkets in the United States. The name "Wakefern" is a portmanteau of the founders' names (W for Louis Weiss, A for Al and Sam Aidekman, K for Abe Kesselman, an E for pronunciation, and FERN for Dave Fern), though the company adopted the name ShopRite for its stores in 1951.
Today Wakefern owns one of the Northeast's largest trucking fleets and is the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the country. ShopRite stores are operated in seven northeastern states. Wakefern provides it's coops with services such as legal help, computer services, insurance, and marketing.
Wakefern also owns and operates the PriceRite Limited-assortment chain of stores throughout Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. PriceRite is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wakefern.
[edit] Cooperative Members (As of October 2006)
- Ammons
- Bottino
- Brown
- Buonadonna
- Chapman
- Cingari
- Clare C
- Clare T
- Colalillo
- Colligas
- Collins
- Cuellar
- Druian
- Drust
- Eickhoff
- Five Star
- Foodarama
- Glass Gardens
- Greenfield
- Infusino C
- Infusino T
- Inserra
- Janson
- Kenny
- Kinsley
- McMenamin
- Millford Markets
- Miller
- Perlmart
- PriceRite
- Ravitz
- Ronetco
- Shakoor
- Sitar
- Smutko
- ShopRite Supermarkets (wholly Wakefern owned)
- Sunrise
- Torna
- Tully
- Village
- Waverly
- Wolfson
- Zallie
