Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy
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| Type |
Subsidiary of SuperValu, Inc. |
| Industry |
Retail |
| Founded |
1957 |
| Headquarters |
Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Number of locations |
46 |
| Products |
Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks, wine, beer |
| Website |
FarmFreshSupermarkets.com |
Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy is a supermarket chain with forty-three stores, primarily in Virginia. Its headquarters is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia in the Chimney Hill Shopping Center, and its largest presence is in the surrounding Hampton Roads metropolitan area, although it also has stores in both Wilson and Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based SuperValu.
[edit] History
Farm Fresh was started when people started working together to develop a neighborhood grocery store in 1957 with world class service. The name 'Farm Fresh' was chosen from entries submitted by local residents. Farm Fresh merged with competitor Giant Open Air Markets in 1986. After that merger, Farm Fresh added the arch in its logo that Giant Open Air used at its stores. In March 1998, Farm Fresh was purchased by Richfood Holdings, Inc., which also owned Shoppers Food & Pharmacy. In August 1999, Richfood Holdings was purchased by SuperValu Inc. On November 4th, 2009, longtime executive Gene Walters died at the age of 86. Farm Fresh president Ron Dennis retired and was replaced by Gaelo de la Fuente, vice president of retail operations support for SuperValu Inc., as of March 10, 2010. [1]
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Craig Herkert · Gary Ames · Irwin Cohen · Ronald E. Daly · Lawrence A. Del Santo · Susan E. Engel · Philip L. Francis · Edwin C. Gage · Garnett L. Keith, Jr. · Charles M. Lillis · Kathi Seifert |
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