KEASBEY, N.J. – Wakefern Food Corp. marked its 75th anniversary during its Annual Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 21, when executives paid tribute to the family-owned businesses that comprise the cooperative and drive its success. Chairman and CEO Joseph Colalillo, President and COO Joe Sheridan, and executive vice president Chris Lane addressed Wakefern Members, shareholders, staff
KEASBEY, N.J. – Wakefern Food Corp. is joining the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag and its Beyond the Bag Initiative, a collective effort that aims to identify, test and scale design solutions to make a more consumer-friendly, sustainable retail bag. “For more than four decades the Wakefern Cooperative has supported sustainability through efforts such as
KEASBEY, N.J. – Wakefern Food Corp. announced it will be closing underperforming pharmacies in 62 ShopRite supermarkets in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and New York during the next month and transferring customer prescription files to CVS locations in the vicinity of the affected stores, according to a spokesperson for the East Coast retailer-owned cooperative. The
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Inmar Intelligence announced Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding its use of Inmar’s Retail Cloud to offer targetable and attributable offsite media at scale for its brands. The New Jersey-based cooperative reported $16.6 billion in retail sales in 2019. Wakefern’s 50 cooperative members independently own and operate supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace,
KEASBEY, N.J. – ShopRite has been named to Newsweek’s 2020 America’s Best-In-State Customer Service for New Jersey, which recognizes companies for building key relationships with customers and providing extraordinary shopping experiences. The magazine surveyed thousands of American customers, asking each participant about retailer accessibility, range of services, communication, competence and customer focus. The publication also asked customers how
KEASBEY, N.J. – Wakefern Food Corp., the nation’s largest retailer-owned cooperative, with member companies that own and operate supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage and Fairway banners, announced Monday that Bowl & Basket and Paperbird – two innovative store brands introduced in 2019 at ShopRite – have won Gold,
In the latest installment in our Video Forum, Chris Lane, executive vice president of Wakefern Food Corp., discusses the company’s success in maintaining the food supply chain during COVID-19, the benefits of early investments in omnichannel capabilities and the need to be agile as consumer behavior changes, as well as his recent term as
KEASBEY, N.J. — Wakefern Food Corp. is teaming up with Solutions for Retail Brands (S4RB), a global, consulting-led software business, to provide new information sharing software for Wakefern and its own brand vendors. S4RB’s Affinity platform for Wakefern will allow the retailer to use a proprietary online portal and database to provide real-time data and
KEASBEY, N.J. – Wakefern Food Corp. announced the promotion of Laura Kind to vice president of brand strategy and welcomed Ranjana Choudhry as vice president of advertising and social media. Laura Kind has quickly built a strong track record since joining Wakefern in December 2018 as director of Own Brands marketing and packaging. She was
KEASBEY, N.J. — ShopRite has kicked off a campaign to thank the important healthcare workers, first responders and supermarket associates everywhere who are serving our communities through the COVID-19 crisis. The campaign, called Essential Thanks, gives everyone an opportunity to show their gratitude by posting a thank you note to COVID-19 frontline workers. “The COVID-19
KEASEBY, N.J. – To help protect its associates and shoppers, members of the retailer-owned supermarket cooperative, Wakefern Food Corp., have initiated its latest measure to enhance the safety of its customers and associates. Beginning next week, stores will implement a temperature monitoring program. As part of the initiative, stores will use Non-contact Forehead Infrared Thermometers to
KEASBEY, N.J.– Wakefern Food Corp. has rolled out two programs for its cooperative members’ retail store associates that provide a temporary wage premium and enhanced sick and leave benefits. The program would impact tens of thousands of dedicated associates working across ShopRite, The Fresh Grocer, Price Rite Marketplace, Dearborn Market and Gourmet Garage stores during
KEASBEY, N.J. – Wakefern Food Corp. has promoted Steve Henig to the new role of chief customer officer and named Bryant Harris chief merchandising officer. Henig has spent nearly three decades at Wakefern progressing through various procurement roles as well as holding leadership positions in corporate merchandising and marketing. He most recently served as vice
DIR fees are again top of mind for pharmacy operators beginning another year without relief from these “phantom” expenses. At the same time hope springs eternal for retailers looking to broaden affordable and accessible health care offerings when such services from more traditional providers can be out of financial reach for many people. Chains also