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Stew Leonard's

Stew Leonard's
Company typePrivate
IndustryGrocery store
Founded1969 (1969)
Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.
HeadquartersNorwalk, Connecticut, U.S.
Number of locations
7 (2023)
Key people
Stew Leonard Jr., President & CEO
ProductsFood
Revenue$341 million (2011)[1]
Number of employees
2,226[1] (2011)
Websitewww.stewleonards.com

Stew Leonard's is a regional chain of seven supermarkets in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, which Ripley's Believe It or Not! deemed "The World's Largest Dairy"[2] and Fortune magazine listed as one of the "100 Best Companies to work for" in 2011.[3]

Opened in 1969 with seven employees[4] in Norwalk, Connecticut, the chain now includes six stores in Connecticut and New York.[5][6] The newest location opened on September 18, 2019 in Paramus, New Jersey.[7][8]

The store is notable for its customer service policy, which greets shoppers at each store's entrance, etched into a three-ton rock:[9]

1. The customer is always right.
2. If the customer is ever wrong, reread rule #1.

  1. ^ a b "Stew Leonard's Store Fact Sheet" (PDF). stewleonards.com. January 16, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  2. ^ Roberts, Sam (April 27, 2023). "Stew Leonard Sr. Dies at 93; Founded 'Disneyland of Dairy Stores'". The New York Times. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "100 Best Companies to work for 2011". Fortune Magazine. Fortune Magazine. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  4. ^ Stew Leonard; Scotty Reiss (2009). Stew Leonard: My Story. Colle & Co., Publishers. ISBN 9781615393473.
  5. ^ Stern, Neil. "The Magic Of Stew Leonard's Dairy Comes To Long Island". Forbes. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  6. ^ Zeveloff, Julie. "13 reasons Stew Leonard's is actually the best grocery store in America". Business Insider. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  7. ^ Noda, Stephanie (September 17, 2019). "Stew Leonard's offers first look at new supermarket in Paramus Park mall". Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  8. ^ "Stew Leonard's Paramus location opens on Wednesday". msn.com. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Rock". stewleonards.com. Retrieved August 13, 2018.