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The name "Wakefern" is a portmanteau of the founders' names: W for Lawrence Weiss, A for Sam and Al Aidekman, K for Abe Kesselman, E for Leo Eisenberg, and FERN for Dave Fern, although the company adopted the name ShopRite for its stores in 1951.
Nov 23, 2021 · It was Louis Weiss, Al and Sam Aidekman, Abe Kesselman, Leo Eisenberg and Dave Fern, a portmanteau of the founders’ names from where the name Wakefern emerged. Dating back to the early 1900s, wholesale grocery co-ops for years were the most common form of wholesale food distribution.
Sam Aidekman is the Co-Founder of Wakefern Food Corp.
Dec 15, 1990 · Alex Aidekman, retired chairman of Supermarkets General Corporation, operator of the Pathmark chain and other retail enterprises, died yesterday at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark. He...
Casson suggested that the independent grocers meet together to try to find a solution to the problem. Two of them, Abe Kesselman and Sam Aidekman, began doing so on a regular basis and were soon joined by five others: Al Aidekman, Dave Fern, Sam Garb, Albert Goldberg, Bill Kesselman, and Louis Weiss.
May 22, 2021 · Sam Aidekman went on to run the Good Deal chain, which was the original owner of the current Millburn ShopRite; Good Deal predates the ShopRite name. Alex Aidekman later formed the Supermarkets General Corporation, which in 1968 left Wakefern to become Pathmark.
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 added for pronunciation, and FERN for Dave Fern), though the company adopted the name ShopRite for its stores in 1951.
