The Fresh Grocer is a supermarket chain based in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania that operates seven stores in Delaware, the Greater Philadelphia region of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Founded in 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as an independent company, the company joined the Wakefern Food Corporation, a retailer's cooperative, in 2013.
History
Fresh Grocer Rumble - I made a movie trailer of a fight I recorded at Fresh Grocer.
The Fresh Grocer opened in 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Fresh Grocer has locations on Walnut Street and Broad Street in North Philadelphia. On August 1, 2013, Wakefern acquired The Fresh Grocer. One of the stores was converted to the ShopRite name while the others retained the Fresh Grocer name.
Expansion
Wakefern members Patrick Burns and Jeff Brown will open four new Fresh Grocer stores in March 2016, all in former Pathmark stores that were purchased at auction. The stores will be opened in Wyncote, Upper Darby, Brookhaven, and Monument Avenue in Philadelphia.
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.
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".
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