FreshDirect Company Description
The emphasis is on fresh at online grocer FreshDirect. The Internet grocery shopping service delivers to many neighborhoods in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, as well as some parts of Staten Island. It has also expanded to serve parts of Connecticut, Long Island, New Jersey, and Westchester County. The company sells more than 3,000 fresh food and grocery items, as well as kosher and organic products to more than 250,000 customers. With a business model similar to Dell's, FreshDirect deals directly with producers and makes food to order, which undercuts its rivals. Jason Ackerman founded the company in 1999. Since launching its delivery service in 2002, FreshDirect has filled more than 10 million orders.
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