Key Food Stores Co-Op Inc. is a cooperative of independently owned supermarket

Supermarket

A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...

s in southern New York, plus one store in Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...

. (Until 2007, there were Key Food stores in New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

.) Key Food was founded in 1937 by Sam Mandel; it is headquartered on Staten Island. Under the direction of its Chairman Lawrence Mandel, and Chief Executive Dean Janeway, the enterprise also operates stores branded as Food Dynasty in the five boroughs

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, and Key Food Marketplace, which are larger stores located in suburban areas, and also stand-alone shopping centers in New York City.