industry retail grocery founded august 4 1930 headquarters bethpage new york key people co chairmen bernard d. kennedy ronald conklin presidents brian cullen donald kennedy revenue us 800 million 2006 website kingkullen.com king kullen grocery co. inc. is an american supermarket chain with 35 stores on long island . the company is headquartered in bethpage new york and was founded by michael j. cullen on august 4 1930 . it is notable for its title of america s first supermarket as recognized by the smithsonian institution citation needed . contents 1 history 2 sales 3 locations 4 references 5 external links history edit king kullen headquarters in bethpage . king kullen was founded by michael j. cullen a then kroger employee who devised the concept of the modern supermarket . cullen attempted to make his concept public when he wrote to kroger president bernard kroger proposing a new type of food store with a focus on low prices cash sales and without delivery service in larger stores at low rents with ample parking . in his proposal cullen suggested that this new type of store could achieve 10 times the volume and profits of the average kroger or a & p. after cullen s letter went unanswered he quit his job and moved his family to long island where he launched his concept . cullen leased a vacant garage at 171st street and jamaica avenue in queens near a busy shopping district . the store dubbed king kullen opened on august 4 1930 . after an over 80 year presence in new york city king kullen left that market in 2011 with the closing of its 3 remaining new york city stores in eltingville graniteville and greenridge in staten island . 1 king kullen is notable for its title of america s first supermarket and is recognized as such by the smithsonian institution . the chain remains owned and operated by the cullen family with second third and fourth generation family members working for the company . during the 1980s former new york city councilman jack muratori served as a king kullen board member . 2 sales edit supermarket news ranked king kullen no. 75 in the 2007 top 75 north american food retailers based on 2005 06 fiscal year estimated sales of 800 million . 3 locations edit exterior of the king kullen store in north babylon king kullen operates 35 locations on long island in nassau and suffolk counties . 4 references edit http www.silive.com news index.ssf 2011 12 stop shop set to acquire 3 kin.html stop & shop set to acquire 3 king kullen locations on staten island http www.qgazette.com news 2001 05 30 political page p01.html feuding starts as mayoral campaign gets ugly 2007 top 75 north american food retailers . supermarket news . retrieved november 19 2007 . http www.kingkullen.com external links edit official website v t e supermarket chains in the united states kroger baker s supermarkets city market dillons food stores food 4 less foods co. fred meyer fry s food & drug gerbes super markets harris teeter jay c king soopers kroger owen s 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giant open air glen s markets grand union hamady brothers henry s farmers market hills supermarkets hinky dinky jitney jungle johnnie s foodmaster kessel food markets laneco marketside mars national supermarkets national tea omni superstore penn fruit penn traffic pick n pay supermarkets plus purity supreme quality markets qfi red food reid s schaffer stores company seaway food town seessel s simon david skaggs companies southern family markets sunflower farmers market sunflower market super duper sweetbay supermarket tidyman s twin valu ukrop s super markets warehouse economy outlet weingarten s wild oats markets xpect discounts list of supermarket chains in the united states retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title king kullen & oldid 704420694 categories supermarkets of the united statescompanies based in nassau county new yorkcompanies established in 1930hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2014 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