The Fresh Grocer

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The Fresh Grocer
Type Private
Industry Grocery
Founded1996(28 years ago) (1996) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
FounderPatrick J. Burns
Headquarters,
Number of locations
23 (2019)
Area served
Philadelphia, PA,
Key people
Patrick J. Burns (President and CEO)
Number of employees
1,500
Parent Wakefern Food Corporation
Website thefreshgrocer.com

The Fresh Grocer is a supermarket chain based in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania that operates thirteen stores in the Greater Philadelphia region of Pennsylvania. [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]

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History

The Fresh Grocer opened in 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [2] The Fresh Grocer has locations on Chestnut Street and Broad Street in North Philadelphia. [3] [4] On August 1, 2013, The Fresh Grocer became a member of Wakefern. One of the stores was converted to the ShopRite name while the others retained the Fresh Grocer name. [5] The Fresh Grocer location in Wilmington, Delaware closed on December 9, 2019.

Expansion

The chain opened four new Fresh Grocer stores in March 2016, all in former Pathmark stores that were purchased at auction. The stores are in Wyncote, Upper Darby, Brookhaven, and Monument Avenue in Philadelphia. [6]

Since 2001, the University of Pennsylvania made efforts to remove The Fresh Grocer from its Walnut Street location. In 2017, The Fresh Grocer was asked to vacate the property after failing to renew its lease. The grocery store sued University of Pennsylvania maintaining its intention to stay at the location. [7]

In 2018, Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf spoke at The Fresh Grocer regarding boost pay in Pennsylvania allowing "hundreds of thousands of additional salaried employees eligible for overtime pay". [8] [9]

In 2019, Nicholas Markets, which previously operated as part of the Foodtown chain, joined the Wakefern cooperative, switching their stores to the Fresh Grocer banner, bringing the total stores under the banner to 13. [10] In 2022, Gerrity's Supermarkets announced that they would be transitioning their 10 stores from the ShurSave banner to The Fresh Grocer banner, bringing the total stores under the banner to 23. Gerrity's Supermarkets completed this transition in late 2022. [11]

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