The Fresh Grocer
American supermarket chain
The Fresh Grocer is a supermarket chain based in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania that operates twenty-four stores in the greater Philadelphia and the greater Scranton areas of Pennsylvania, as well as one store in the greater Pittsburgh area, and northern New Jersey and Long Island, New York. 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.
History
The Fresh Grocer opened in 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Fresh Grocer has locations on Chestnut Street and Broad Street in North Philadelphia. 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. 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.
Since 2001, the University of Pennsylvania made efforts to remove The Fresh Grocer from its Walnut Street location.
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