Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding and enhancing its fresh domestic kosher beef offering for ShopRite stores with kosher meat departments under rabbinical supervision. Through a new direct‑sourcing program, select ShopRite locations will now have expanded access to a wider variety of fresh domestic kosher beef—including bone‑in and boneless cuts, steaks, roasts and offals.
The new program expands Wakefern’s ability to access a reliable, U.S.-sourced supply and increases availability of OU-certified beef that also carries the USDA seal.
The supermarket cooperative supplies family‑operated ShopRite stores and worked directly with family‑owned cattle ranches to source quality, domestic beef while operating under OU Glatt certification standards.
Fluctuations in domestic cattle availability combined with limited domestic kosher processing capacity often make it challenging to meet demand, and many suppliers rely on imported kosher beef. This new program expands Wakefern’s ability to access a reliable, U.S.‑sourced supply and significantly increases availability of OU‑certified beef that also carries the USDA seal.
The new kosher meat program is currently available at all Saker ShopRite stores and select ShopRite butcher departments under rabbinical supervision, including at the following store locations:
East BrunswickEast WindsorEnglewoodLawrencevilleMarlboroNeptuneParamusCountry PointeMarltonGarden State PavilionLivingstonEssex Green
Wakefern hopes to continue growing the program over time, with the goal of eventually offering case‑ready options that extend access to fresh domestic kosher beef to additional ShopRite stores and customers.