White Rose Food Division

For other uses, see White Rose (disambiguation).
White Rose Food Division
Company typeDivision
Founded1886; 138 years ago (1886)
Defunct2014 (2014)
FateSold assets at bankruptcy to C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Area served
ParentDiGiorgio Corporation

White Rose Food Division (est. 1886) of DiGiorgio Corporation was the largest independent food wholesaler and distributor in the New York metropolitan area. It was mainly distributed at member supermarkets of the cool buying and marketing Co-operative Associated Supermarkets including Met Foods and Pioneer and had a large presence in the supermarket Western Beef. White Rose food could also be found in Thriftway/Shop'n'Bag stores in the Philadelphia metropolitan region.[1][2]

White Rose utilized power from KDC Solar and had the second-largest rooftop solar panel in Carteret, New Jersey.[3]

In 2014, White Rose filed for bankruptcy and sold its assets to C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.[4][5]

  1. ^ Katherine Doherty (2010-08-17). "White Rose Frozen Celebrates 124 Years Of Serving The New York City Metro Area". Food Logistics. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  2. ^ "White Rose, Inc.: quotes & news - Google Finance". Google Finance. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  3. ^ Tom Johnson (2012-01-25). "Developer Typifies Success and Uncertainty of Solar Sector". NJSpotlight. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  4. ^ "White Rose food distributor files bankruptcy, to be sold to C&S". Reuters. 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  5. ^ Chelsea Mies (2014-06-13). "Associated Wholesalers makes change at CEO". The Packer. Archived from the original on 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2019-09-14.