16 Facts About King Kullen

King Kullen is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, and was founded by Michael J Cullen on August 4,1930.

King Kullen meets the criteria of America's First Supermarket because it was “the first to fulfill all five criteria that define the modern supermarket: separate departments; self-service; discount pricing; chain marketing; and volume dealing.

King Kullen was founded by Michael J Cullen, a former Kroger employee who devised the concept of the modern supermarket.

King Kullen described what he envisioned as “monstrous stores, size of some to be about forty feet wide and hundred and thirty to a hundred and sixty feet deep, and they ought to be located one to three blocks off the high rent district with plenty of parking space, and some to be operated as a semi-self-service store – twenty percent service and eighty percent self-service.

King Kullen was joined by her sons James A Cullen and John B Cullen.

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In 1937, King Kullen stores began supplying customers with shopping carts.

In 1966, King Kullen purchased the nine-store Blue Jay Markets, a Suffolk County based grocery chain.

King Kullen remains owned and operated by the Cullen family, with second, third and fourth generation family members working for the company.

King Kullen operates 29 locations on Long Island, in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Nine King Kullen stores operate full-service pharmacy departments, with online refills available.

Four King Kullen locations offer online grocery shopping, with delivery and pickup.

King Kullen delivers groceries to most of Nassau County, many parts of Suffolk County, and some neighborhoods in Queens.

On June 10,2020, it was announced that the acquisition deal had been terminated and that King Kullen would remain independent due to “unforeseen changes in the marketplace”.

In 1961, King Kullen built a 95,000 square foot warehouse on Prospect Avenue in Westbury, New York, and moved the Liberty Avenue Headquarters to that location.

In May 2000, King Kullen moved its corporate headquarters from 1194 Prospect Avenue, Westbury, to a three-story building at 185 Central Avenue, Bethpage, New York.

In December 2020, King Kullen moved out of its Bethpage headquarters after selling the building to a White Plains venture capital firm and moved to a new, rented office in Hauppauge.