CTown Supermarkets is a chain of independently owned and operated supermarkets operating in the northeastern United States.Barlas, Thomas. "Supermarket seeks to hire in Bridgeton". ''The Press of Atlantic City''. August 18, 2011. p. C1. CTown was founded in 1975. CTown uses

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so its small member stores can pool their resources for purchasing and advertising. Godin, Mary Ellen. "Delay in C-Town opening blamed on design changes". ''Record-Journal'' (Meriden, Connecticut). July 9, 2013. p. 4. CTown tends to open supermarkets in locations that suburban stores have abandoned. CTown Supermarkets tend to depend on more customers who are pedestrians and fewer who drive, as shown by their smaller parking lots. There are approximately 200 stores in

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. CTown is the fifth-largest food retailer in the New York City metropolitan area. CTown is supplied by

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; many products sold in CTown stores are labeled ''Krasdale Foods'' (Krasdale also is a supplier for the smaller Bravo supermarket chain). Marketing and advertising for CTown are handled by Alpha-I Marketing Corp.

References

External links

CTown website

Krasdale Foods website
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