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Joseph Colalillo
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Largest retailer-owned cooperative in US, comprised of members who own and operate 352 supermarkets under ShopRite, The Fresh Grocer, Price Rite Marketplace and Dearborn Market banners in NJ, NY, CT, PA,, MD, DE, MA, NH, RI and VA)> Together with its member companies, employs more than 70,000 people, over 40,000 in NJ> $16.5 billion in sales in fiscal year ending September 2018> Founded 1947 as buying cooperative by eight small, independent grocery stores to obtain volume discounts, thus compete with larger supermarket chains, later expanded 1951 to cooperative advertising campaign> Known for marketing innovations, pioneered longer and Sunday hours, drug stores, liquor sales> Operates over 2.5 million square feet of grocery and non-food warehousing providing grocery, perishable, and non-foods products to members> Services supporting members include advertising and marketing; private brands; payroll processing; labor scheduling; health benefits; and store development> Wakefern members  each required to purchase 85% of products through Wakefern, also submit for Wakefern approval potential sales of member companies or individual stores> Wakefern also owns, operates over 30 supermarkets directly through wholly-owned subsidiary ShopRite Supermarkets Inc.>  Ranked as largest NJ private sector employer in total employment of co-op and its members in 2018 survey by NJ Business Magazine with 40,000, Wal-Mart ranked second with 20,383> Headquarters and major warehouse and distribution center in Woodbridge> Joseph Colalillo elected Chairman and CEO 2005, also President of ShopRite of Hunterdon County, family-owned business founded 1957 by his father which operates three ShopRite stores located in Flemington, Greenwich and Clinton.

*  An Interview with Joseph S. Colalillo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wakefern Food Corp., 7/1/2011, LeadersMag.com


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