Daniel Katz, Co-President Of PSK Supermarkets, Chairman/CEO Of Allegiance Retail Services Passes Away...
The beloved and talented third-generation retail executive passed away earlier this month. Industry veteran retailer and current Allegiance board member Lou Scaduto Jr. was elected as Allegiance’s new chief executive and chairman.
Francis L. “Skip” Genuardi Passes Away At 73
Francis L. "Skip" Genuardi, 73, of Norristown, passed away peacefully August 4 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born on November 29,...
Geresbeck’s Owner Carl Greely Passes Away At 92
Carl Greeley, owner of Geresbeck’s stores in Baltimore, passed away last month at the age of 92.
Greeley was born and raised in Baltimore. He...
Industry Icon, Former C&S CEO Lester Cohen Dies At 98
Lester Cohen, retired chairman and CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers, died April 19 in Boca Raton, FL. He passed away peacefully at home with...
Wakerfern’s Joe Cowhey Passes Away At 63
Joseph Cowhey, 63, a member of the Wakefern family, a dedicated community and business leader and the owner-operator of the ShopRite of Warminster –...
Former Ocean Spray Exec Pat McCarthy Passes Away At Age 85
Food World doesn’t usually re-print obituaries from other sources, but we decided to make an exception for this one memorializing one of the larger-than-life...
Magruder’s Mark Polsky Passes Away At Age 74
Mark Polsky, former grocery executive and part-owner of former independent supermarket retailer Magruder’s, passed away on December 20, 2021, at the age of 74.
Born...
Howard Klein, Klein’s ShopRite, Dies At 63
The son of retail pioneers Ralph and Shirley Klein, and the executive who oversaw the company’s legal and administrative duties, has passed away after a long illness.
B. Green Co-Owner Ben Sigman Dies at 76
Benjamin (Ben) Louis Sigman of Baltimore passed away earlier this month at the age of 76.
Sigman was a co-owner B. Green & Co., which...
Former Redner’s Executive Pat Ferguson Passes Away At 82
Former Redner’s Markets executive Patrick J. “Pat” Ferguson, 82, of Macungie, passed away December 27, 2020 in the Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Twp., PA.
Ferguson...