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Wakefern hosts supplier summit seeking local vendors

- Retail
Wakefern Food Corp., the nation’s largest retailer-owned cooperative, with member companies that own and operate supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage, Fairway Market and Di Bruno Bros. banners, is hosting a supplier summit this fall to find the best new foods and products for its supermarket banners.

DoorDash now available at Wakefern banners

- Retail
DoorDash, the local commerce platform, is excited to announce service with Wakefern Food Corp., the nation’s largest retailer-owned cooperative.

Wakefern expands use of AI, robotic inventory system

- Retail
Simbe Robotics, Inc., the company leveraging AI and robotics to elevate retail with real-time insights into inventory and operations, today announced that Wakefern Food Corp. will expand Simbe’s business intelligence solution to additional ShopRite stores after a successful pilot.

Cub Foods CEO departs for Wakefern

- Retail
Current president Joe Sheridan, who announced his retirement last year, will remain with the company through the end of the calendar year to ensure a successful transition.

Wakefern Food Corp. opens AI store pilot

- Retail
Wakefern's The Pantry is a frictionless store concept featuring Trigo’s technology that allows shoppers to skip the checkout line. The company is testing the concept at its Edison, N.J.-based campus.

NY ShopRite launches ‘Fresh to Table’ in-store experience

- Retail
The ShopRite of Warwick announced the debut of Fresh to Table, an innovative store-within-a-store concept where customers can find fresh, on-trend foods and easy to prepare ingredients and meal solutions in a variety of grab-and-go formats.

Wakefern adds PA chain to its cooperative family

- Retail
Wakefern Food Corp. announced today that Pennsylvania-based Gerrity’s Supermarkets, owned by the Fasula Family, has become the 48th member to join its cooperative.

Wakefern to test Tally inventory robots

- Retail
Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the U.S., today announced a pilot with Simbe to deploy the retail technology company’s business intelligence solution, Tally, at stores throughout their trading area.

Wakefern to pilot AI-based frictionless checkout technology

- Retail
Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company disrupting retail with frictionless checkout technology, and Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the U.S., today announced an agreement to pilot an autonomous supermarket making use of Trigo's AI-based frictionless checkout technology.

Boston retailer joins Wakefern, will convert to Price Rite banner

- Retail
Wakefern Food Corp. today announced that Madison Foods, a third-generation family grocery business, has joined the Wakefern cooperative with plans to convert three Save A Lot stores to Price Rite Marketplace stores in Massachusetts.