Businessweek

Village Super Market, Inc. operates a chain of supermarkets. The company operates 29 ShopRite supermarkets, 18 of which are located in northern New Jersey, 8 in southern New Jersey, 2 in Maryland and 1 in northeastern Pennsylvania. The company is a member of Wakefern Food Corporation (Wakefern), a retailer-owned food cooperative and owner of the ShopRite name. Wakefern The company owned 13.7% of Wakefern’s outstanding stock, as of July 28, 2012. Wakefern operates 294 supermarkets and other retail formats, including 79 stores operated by Wakefern. Wakefern operates warehouses and distribution facilities in Elizabeth, Keasbey, Whitehouse, Dayton, Edison, Carteret, Newark and Jamesburg, New Jersey and Gouldsboro and Breinigsville, Pennsylvania. Competition The company's principal competitors include Pathmark, A&P, Stop & Shop, Acme, Kings, Wal-Mart, Wegmans, Whole Foods, Costco, BJ’s, Giant, Safeway and Foodtown. Regulation The company is subject to the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. History Village Super Market, Inc. was founded in 1933.