ShopRite is an American retailers' cooperative of supermarkets with stores in six states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

The Saker family owns and operates the most ShopRite stores in the cooperative (40) throughout Monmouth, Ocean, and Mercer counties in New Jersey.

ShopRite has been the largest food retailer in New Jersey for close to 70 years and is also number one in the entire New York metropolitan area.

[5] ShopRite originated in 1946, when a Del Monte Foods sales representative talked to independent grocers in Newark, New Jersey.

For many years, ShopRite and Pathmark were extremely competitive on price in the New York Metro area, and each one had its loyal customer base.

A highly leveraged management buy-out in the late 1980s left Pathmark saddled with too much debt, and the supermarket chain had no cash to fix up its stores, or invest in lower prices.

In 1971, ShopRite introduced their Can-Can Sale, where canned goods (and eventually other products) were placed on steep discounts, and is held in January.

Animated commercials for this promotion feature a chorus line of cancan dancers and a French artiste, though the style changed on several occasions over the years.

Having a Price Plus Card enables shoppers to receive special weekly discounts, listed in circulars mailed with local newspapers.

As a result of the cooperative system, there is no set format for building architecture, store layout, or color scheme of storefronts.

While New Jersey is home to the most ShopRite stores, the chain also has a strong presence in the New York City suburbs, and in Pennsylvania (mostly in the Philadelphia area).

The SRS operating division opened stores in Niskayuna, Albany, Slingerlands, Colonie and North Greenbush.

[12] In October 2023, ShopRite announced that it would be closing all five of its Capital Region, NY stores due to "underperforming sales", marking this the second time they exited the market.

[13] Wakefern also manages its wholly owned subsidiary, Price Rite, which is a limited-assortment chain of stores found only in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Rhode Island.

The website, focused on electronics, bulk-order baby-care, specialty foods, and health and beauty, has been well received,[15] and has shipped orders to customers in all 50 states.

[16] In April 2021, the concept of ShopRiteDelivers was discontinued, with the site now only selling ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer gift cards.

Wakefern acquired the trademarks of this supermarket chain, which operates primarily in the Philadelphia area when its former owner, Pat Burns, joined the cooperative as its 50th member in August 2013.