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Wakefern Food Corporation



The Wakefern Food Corporation, founded in 1946 and based in Elizabeth, New Jersey (United States), is the largest cooperative group of supermarkets in the United States. The name "Wakefern" is a portmanteau of the founders' names (W for Louis Weiss, A for Al and Sam Aidekman, K for Abe Kesselman, an E for pronunciation, and FERN for Dave Fern), though the company adopted the name ShopRite for its stores in 1951.



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