founded 1955 headquarters iselin new jersey u.s. number of locations 70 products bakery dairy deli frozen foods grocery meat pharmacy produce seafood snacks liquor parent allegiance retail services website foodtown.com foodtown is a northeastern united states supermarket cooperative founded in 1955 by twin county grocers inc. currently there are 70 foodtown stores in new jersey new york and eastern pennsylvania . there are also 2 locations in south florida . foodtown s corporate offices are located in iselin new jersey . much like other retailer s cooperatives such as wakefern parent of shoprite each foodtown is independently owned and operated with some owners operating multiple stores . foodtown s parent company allegiance foodservices also acts as a supplier for other independent grocers that do not operate under the foodtown store banner . allegiance also supplies foodtown branded items to the stores it supplies . contents 1 history 2 former locations 3 references 4 external links history edit in the 1980s and 1990s foodtown was a major player on long island ny and in new jersey . in 1994 foodtown s twin county grocers was headed by ceo martin vitale and was supplying 165 foodtown stores resulting in wholesale revenue of over 1 billion . a third of those stores were operated by two companies mayfair supermarkets inc. and melmarkets inc. these two companies were the 2 largest members of the cooperative . in the mid 1990 s two major incidents nearly resulted in the demise of the foodtown chain and cooperative . the first incident came in 1995 when the dutch retailer royal ahold owner of the edwards super food store supermarkets purchased 45 foodtown stores which were operated by melmarkets and mayfair supermarkets inc. shortly following the purchase the 45 supermarkets were converted to edwards super food stores . as these 45 stores made up half of the twin county grocer s volume the cooperative took a severe financial hit . the second incident came when in the chaos resulting from the ahold purchase a scandal was uncovered where members of twin county s corporate hierarchy were found to have been embezzling money from the cooperative . in 1998 the lost volume from the ahold acquisition and damage from the embezzlement scandal forced foodtown s parent twin county grocers into bankruptcy . following these events many foodtown stores converted to other banners or simply closed . the twin county ceo martin vitale who once owned 12 foodtown stores eventually pleaded guilty to stealing 4.2 million from the twin county cooperative as well as bribing a leader in the united food and commercial workers union in new jersey . 1 in 2004 foodtown closed its warehouse ; it now is serviced by various wholesalers . the cooperative is still responsible for negotiating with suppliers foodtown advertising promotions and marketing programs . in 2015 a & p asked the court overseeing its bankruptcy case to approve the sale of the intellectual property of pathmark to an affiliate of foodtown operator psk supermarkets . foodtown has offered 1 million for assets including the pathmark logo trademarks and brand names pathmark chefmark big deals and sav a center ; the pathmark gospel choir competition ; and the pathmark.com domain name . 2 former locations edit belleville new jersey originally grand union later became a & p ; now food basics . brick new jersey property currently owned by the township . clifton new jersey now drug fair . east hanover new jersey now cvs . egg harbor township new jersey became circuit city in 1993 closed in 2004 reopend in 2006 as k & g mens superstore . garfield new jersey originally weathervane style a & p store closed after a & p which still owned the property and had returned to garfield after taking over an old pathmark refused to renew the store s lease ; store and adjacent strip demolished and taken over by garfield board of education school occupies site . haledon new jersey now a local market . hazlet new jersey located next to bradlees both bradlee s and foodtown closed and are currently vacant . kearny new jersey now modell s. colonia new jersey located next to bradlees both bradlee s and foodtown closed and were converted into the home depot . lakewood new jersey later converted to edwards stop & shop ; now vacant . lyndhurst new jersey later converted to edwards stop & shop ; was redeveloped as a high rise housing complex . marlboro new jersey later stop & shop now being opened as netcost . matawan new jersey now c town . mendham new jersey now king s. metuchen new jersey redevelopment proposed store currently vacant . oakland new jersey was grand union then foodtown the jules market . now split in half with a staples and zeytinia . passaic new jersey there were two former foodtowns in passaic . one located on main avenue originally became pioneer supermarket then el unico market ; space now occupied by laundromat and rite aid . the other located on van houten avenue at broadway is now a salvation army thrift store . paterson new jersey now rite aid . saddle brook new jersey became office depot ; now bally total fitness . secaucus new jersey later edwards then stop & shop store now closed . township of washington new jersey now a & p wanamassa new jersey closed following opening of wegmans ; now spirits unlimited . wayne new jersey store located on valley road ; became treasure island ; store divided after treasure island moved to route 23 half occupied by drug fair other half vacant . foodtown has returned to wayne with a location on route 23 a former rag shop location . wharton new jersey store location currently split between rite aid and a farmers market . was located in strip mall on north main street near route 15 north ramp . freeport new york became edwards now stop & shop massapequa new york became edwards now king kullen lake grove new york became stop & shop hallmark cards and lenscrafters now vacant port jefferson station new york became edwards then stop & shop now closed future site of uncle giuseppe s. references edit new york times . 1 sept 27 2003 . retrieved on 2016 08 21 2 accessed december 4 2015 . external links edit foodtown website 3 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 pay less super markets qfc ralphs roundy s pick n save mariano s metro market copp s ruler foods scott s smith s albertsons acme markets albertsons amigos carrs haggen jewel osco lucky market street pavilions randalls safeway shaw s and star market super saver tom thumb united supermarkets vons supervalu county market cub farm fresh hornbacher s save a lot shop n save shoppers ahold delhaize food lion giant carlisle giant landover hannaford brothers company martin s food markets stop & shop southeastern grocers bi lo fresco y m s harveys supermarkets winn dixie wakefern pricerite shoprite the fresh grocer other national chains aldi iga lidl target walmart regional chains asian 99 ranch market great wall supermarket h mart hong kong supermarket island pacific supermarket marina food marukai corporation u.s.a. mitsuwa marketplace nijiya market seafood city shun fat supermarket uwajimaya hispanic bravo el ahorro supermarket fiesta foods fiesta mart la perla tapat a supermarkets m s club mi pueblo food center supermercados teloloapan vallarta supermarkets organic earth fare natural grocers trader joe s whole foods market wholesale bj s wholesale club costco sam s club conventional acme fresh market amigo andronico s balducci s bashas best yet market big y boyer s food markets inc. bristol farms brookshire brothers brookshire grocery company buehler food markets inc. c town supermarkets cash & carry central market d & w fresh market dave s markets dean & deluca demoulas market basket dierbergs markets dorothy lane market easy way store econofoods family fare fairway market fareway festival foods festival foods minnesota food giant food city foodarama foodland foodland hawaii foodtown pathmark gelson s gerland corporation giant eagle grand mart gristedes grocery outlet harmons harps food stores h e b heinen s fine foods highland park market homeland houchens hugo s hy vee ingles inserra supermarkets jerry s foods jungle jim s international market karns quality foods key food super fresh the food emporium king kullen kings super markets kuhn s quality foods lewis food town lion supermarket lowe s market lowes foods lund food holdings magruder s marc s market basket market of choice marsh supermarkets martin s super markets meijer met foods minyard food stores miracle mart mollie stone s markets morton williams new deal supermarket new seasons market niemann foods no frills supermarkets nugget markets pcc natural markets petrini s piggly wiggly piggly wiggly carolina co. pink dot price chopper price mart price chopper supermarkets publix pueblo raley s supermarkets red owl redner s markets remke markets rice epicurean markets ridley s family markets roche bros. rosauers supermarkets rouses russ s market save mart supermarkets saverite schnucks scolari s food and drug seafood city sedano s sellers bros. sendik s food market sentry foods seven mile market shop n save smart & final spartannash sprouts farmers market stanley stores star market stater bros. stew leonard s strack & van til straub s markets sullivan family of companies super dollar discount foods super one foods super saver foods b & r stores the fresh market times supermarkets tops friendly markets united grocery outlet urm stores valu king victory supermarkets village market food center weaver street market wegmans weis markets westborn market western beef winco foods woodman s markets yoke s fresh market zabar s zupan s markets defunct banners a mart a & p food basics pathmark waldbaum s abco foods alpha beta american stores appletree markets belle foods big bear stores big star markets bloom bottom dollar food bruno s buttrey food & drug byrd s carter s foods chatham clemens markets colonial stores dahl s foods daniel reeves stores david s supermarkets davis food city delchamps deskins dick s supermarket dominick s eagle food centers eberhard s eisner food stores farmer jack felpausch finast fisher foods food fair food world food a rama fresh & easy furr s genuardi s 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 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