Wakefern Food Corp. Hosts Shareholders’ Meeting

Wakefern Food Corp., Keasbey, NJ, is leveraging technology, new growth opportunities and the power of its family-owned member companies to ensure success for generations to come. That’s the message leadership delivered during the cooperative’s annual shareholders’ meeting Oct. 16 at the Hilton in Parsippany, NJ, where 500 people including shareholders, store management and Wakefern teammates were in attendance.

Wakefern reported retail sales of $20.7 billion for the 52-week fiscal year ending Sept. 27, 2025, a 3.1% increase from the prior year. Cooperative members opened three state-of-the-art ShopRite stores and one The Fresh Grocer during the same period. Wakefern also acquired grocer Morton Williams, adding 17 stores in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Jersey City to the cooperative.