years ago 1912 founder robert wholey headquarters pittsburgh number of locations 1 products fish website http www.wholey.com wholey s w li z officially known as robert wholey & co. inc. is a prominent fish market and grocery store in pittsburgh s historic strip district neighborhood . 1 in 2007 the pittsburgh post gazette wrote that they are a household word in the region . 2 the strip district warehouse features a signature fish shaped sign . 2 according to the pittsburgh catholic newspaper of course in pittsburgh it wouldn t be fish without wholey s especially regarding the catholic tradition regarding fish on fridays . 3 robert wholey & co. operated wholesale cold storage and international divisions until a 2007 sale to a michigan firm . 2 robert wholey co. continues to operate in the same strip district retail location . 2 in addition to the retail store wholey s also delivers fresh frozen seafood and meat items across the united states incorporating grocery delivery business to business gifts and specialty wholesale through its website wholey.com during the 2008 stanley cup finals between the pittsburgh penguins and the detroit red wings wholey s began checking the id of any customers suspected of being from the midwest as a means to prohibit the purchase of an octopus that could be thrown on the ice as part of detroit superstition . 4 in 2005 a 23 pound lobster was discovered for sale at wholey s. 5 he was nicknamed bubba . 6 robert wholey decided to spare the lobster and sent him to the pittsburgh zoo & ppg aquarium who had planned to transport him to a ripley s believe it or not aquarium . 5 he died the next day . 7 in 2012 wholey s celebrated its 100th anniversary with a three day celebration . 8 luke wholey a member of the wholey family opened a seafood restaurant called wild alaskan grille . 9 gallery edit wholey s famous fish sign view of the entrance pig parts for sale at wholey s fish at wholey s bubba the 22 pound lobster references edit pittsburgh portal wikimedia commons has media related to wholey s. mckay gretchen november 23 2009 . cooking with gretchen wholey s fish . pittsburgh post gazette . a b c d lindeman teresa f. september 22 2007 . wholey s sells wholesale business to michigan firm . pittsburgh post gazette . hill william 2007 2 23 . there s a whole lot of seafood being eaten . pittsburgh catholic . pittsburgh catholic online . check date values in date help want to buy an octopus let s see some id first . espn . may 23 2008 . a b batz jr. bob ; anita srikameswaran march 2 2005 . big bubba the lobster saved from the pot . pittsburgh post gazette . crissey mike 3 2 2005 . no butter for bubba the 22 pound lobster . usa today . associated press . check date values in date help bubba the large lobster dies . usa today . the associated press . posted 3 3 2005 . check date values in date help karlovits bob september 18 2012 . 3 day celebration will mark 100 years for wholey s . pittsburgh tribune review . mccart melissa 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