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From 1 Butcher Shop to 17 Stores: Joe Fasula's Family Legacy at Gerrity's
🎙️ From Butcher Shop to Ten Supermarkets: Joe Fasula's Family Legacy at Gerrity's
In this episode, Joe Fasula, co-owner of Gerrity's, The Fresh Grocer, shares how a family grocery chain founded in 1895 survived his father's sudden death, a chaotic co-op conversion, and the chaos of COVID-era retail. Joe opens up about the parking lot moment that made him question everything, and how his mother stepped in from teaching to run a nine-store supermarket chain almost overnight.
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Turned down a New Jersey supermarket job after his father passed away
Watched his mother…
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