Jeff Brown

Jeffrey Brown is the founder, President and CEO of Brown’s Super Stores, Inc., a thirteen-store supermarket chain trading under both the ShopRite and Fresh Grocer banners. Brown’s Super Stores was recognized as one of “The Best Places to Work” multiple years in a row by the Philadelphia Business Journal and has received recognition as a top employer in the region from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and NJBiz.

Mr. Brown is an Officer and Director of Wakefern Food Corporation, the marketing and distribution arm for ShopRite. Mr. Brown is Chairman of the State of Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board and a Member of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association, Chairman of the Philadelphia Youth Network and a Member of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Corporate Council.

Mr. Brown was named 2014 Ernst and Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year for his innovative work of meeting the needs of the impoverished communities through holistic supermarket hubs. Mr. Brown was also recognized by the National Grocers Association as the 2010 recipient of the “Thomas K. Zaucha Entrepreneurial Excellence Award”, a top national honor in the grocery industry. In 2010, Mr. Brown had the honor of being chosen as a guest of the First Lady, Michelle Obama, at President Obama’s State of the Union address, in recognition of his work in solving the “food desert” crisis.

Additionally, Mr. Brown is the founder and Chairman of UpLift Solutions, a 501(c)(3) national nonprofit organization that supports food businesses, government and nonprofits to create sustainable environments for underserved communities.

Mr. Brown received a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurial Studies from Babson College in 1986. He is married to Sandy Brown and is the father of four sons.