The Fresh Grocer

The Fresh Grocer
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryGrocery
Founded1996 (28 years ago) (1996) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
FounderPatrick J. Burns
Headquarters,
U.S.
Number of locations
24 (2024)
Area served
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Key people
Patrick J. Burns (president and CEO)
Number of employees
1,500
ParentWakefern Food Corporation
Websitethefreshgrocer.com

The Fresh Grocer is a supermarket chain based in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania that operates twenty-four stores in the greater Philadelphia and the greater Scranton areas of Pennsylvania, as well as northern New Jersey and Long Island, New York.[1] Founded in 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as an independent company, the company became a member of the Wakefern Food Corporation, a retailers' cooperative, in 2013.[2]

  1. ^ "About Us". shop.thefreshgrocer.com. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  2. ^ Springer, Jon (July 31, 2013). "Fresh Grocer Joins Wakefern Co-op". Supermarket News.