Wakefern Food Corp. generated retail sales of $20.7 billion during fiscal 2025, the grocery cooperative reported Thursday during its annual shareholders meeting. The figure was up 3.1% from the prior fiscal year, when Wakefern’s sales rose 2.2% year over year to reach $20.1 billion.
The co-op’s growing sales momentum during its last fiscal year, which concluded Sept. 27, came during a period of substantial expansion for Wakefern, a group of almost 400 retailer-owned stores under multiple banners in nine East Coast states.
Wakefern announced in August that it had agreed to acquire the 17-store Morton Williams chain, which runs 17 stores in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx as well as Jersey City, New Jersey. The companies completed that transaction earlier this month. Wakefern also added three ShopRite locations and a single store under The Fresh Grocer name during fiscal 2025.
On Tuesday, Wakefern added a newly built ShopRite location in West Caldwell, New Jersey, to its fleet. The 90,000-square-foot supermarket, which includes a made-from-scratch pizza shop and three aisles of wine, beer and spirits, replaces a previous location that was half the size.
“We are embracing bold ideas, exploring new business models, and seizing opportunities — all with a clear focus on building a sustainable future,” Wakefern Chairman Sean McMenamin said during the shareholders’ meeting.
In addition to ShopRite, The Fresh Grocer and Morton Williams, Wakefern’s banners include Price Rite Marketplace, Gourmet Garage, Fairway Market, Dearborn Market and Di Bruno Bros.
Wakefern also announced Thursday that Irv Glass, Ned Gladstein and Larri Wolfson have retired from its board of directors.
