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| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | 1946 in Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Headquarters | 5000 Riverside Drive, , U.S. |
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| Revenue |  US$19.6 billion (2023)[1][2][3] |
| Members | 48 (2023)[1][4] |
Number of employees | ~ 80,000 (2021)[4] |
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| Website | www2 |
Wakefern Food Corporation is an American company that was founded in 1946 and is based in Keasbey, New Jersey.[5] It is the largest retailers' cooperative group of supermarkets and the fourth-largest cooperative of any kind in the United States. Wakefern was the largest private employer in New Jersey in 2018, with 40,200 employees.[6] As of 2023, Wakefern has 48 member companies who own and operate 365 supermarkets,[1][7][2] under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage, and Fairway Market brands in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.[1][3][5]
- ^ a b c d https://njbiz.com/outgoing-wakefern-execs-pass-baton-to-new-president-chairman/. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ a b https://www.supermarketnews.com/retail-financial/wakefern-sees-sales-rebound-fiscal-2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022
- ^ a b c "Wakefern's fiscal 2021 sales dip after cycling pandemic-driven gains". www.supermarketnews.com. October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b "Wakefern: Who we are". October 3, 2021.
- ^ a b "Village Super Market, Inc, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Oct 12, 2017". secdatabase.com. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^ "New Jersey Leading Employers". newjerseyalmanac.com. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ Redman, Russell (July 23, 2019). "Wakefern opens robotics-driven warehouse for online grocery". Supermarket News.