Outstanding Regional Independent Retailer: ShopRite
For the members of Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States, doing what’s best for the many enables each operator to flourish as an independent.
ShopRite of Lodi, 2009
Wakefern chairman/CEO Joe Collalillo
Since the advent of the ShopRite banner in 1951, stores operating under the trade name have stood for low prices, high quality and exceptional freshness.
The Wakefern co-op was founded by eight Newark, N.J.-area grocers to offer their shoppers competitive prices.
Wakefern EVP Joe Sheridan.
Wakefern Food Corp. president/COO Dean Janeway