Village Super Market, Inc. Announces Passing of Co-Founder

• Press Release
• Source: Village Super Market, Inc.
• On 12:30 pm EDT, Tuesday August 11, 2009

SPRINGFIELD, N.J., Aug. 11, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Village Super Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:VLGEA - News) announced today that its Co-founder, President and Director, Perry Sumas, passed away on August 7, 2009 at the age of 94. James Sumas, Chairman of the Board, stated: "Village will grieve the loss of Perry as both a strategic and emotional leader. Perry Sumas has embodied the essence of Village Super Market since the Company's inception in 1937. His energy, business sense, and fearless personality have driven a local grocery store into a $1.2 billion supermarket company. He will be greatly missed."

Village Super Market, Inc. operates a chain of 26 supermarkets under the Shop Rite name in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. Village is the 2nd largest member of Wakefern Food Corporation, the nation's largest retailer-owned food cooperative.

Village Super Market, Inc.
Kevin Begley, CFO
(973) 467-2200 - Ext. 220
Kevin.Begley@Wakefern.com