Fresh Direct
FreshDirect is an online grocer that delivers to residences and offices in the New York City metropolitan area. FreshDirect also offers next-day delivery to most of Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau County, Westchester County, Fairfield County, Hoboken, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Jersey City, New Jersey. The company was founded by Joe Fedele and Jason Ackerman, a former investment banker who specialized in the grocery industry. FreshDirect custom-prepares groceries and meals for its customers, a manufacturing practice called Just In Time that reduces waste and improves quality and freshness.
Introduced to the New York market in 2002, FreshDirect grew popular for its convenience, fresh food and lower prices than many Manhattan supermarkets. FreshDirect is popular for its distribution of organic food and locally grown items, as well as items that consumers see in supermarkets daily. FreshDirect also delivers numerous Kosher foods and is recognized by the Marine Stewardship Council as a certified sustainable seafood vendor.
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