# Sendik's Food Market

> Sendik's Food Market is a privately held, family-owned grocery chain serving southeastern Wisconsin through full-service supermarkets, smaller Fresh2GO stores, online ordering, delivery, curbside pickup, catering, floral and gift services. Founded from the Balistreri family's horse-drawn produce trade in 1926, it competes less on national scale than on fresh-department expertise, prepared foods, attentive service, local supplier relationships and a brand woven into Milwaukee-area neighborhoods.

- **Founded:** 1926
- **Headquarters:** Milwaukee, United States
- **Founders:** Salvatore Balistreri (Family patriarch and co-founder), Anthony Balistreri (Co-founder), Thomas Balistreri (Co-founder and founder of the Whitefish Bay market)
- **Team size:** Approximately 2,000 employees in supplied data; LinkedIn lists 1,001-5,000
- **Products:** Full-service food markets, Fresh2GO by Sendik's, Sendik's Express, Red Bag Rewards, Catering and event food
- **Notable:** Reached its 100th anniversary in 2026., Named a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Top Workplace for 13 consecutive years through 2024, according to the company awards page., Ted Balistreri received the National Grocers Association's 2025 Thomas K. Zaucha Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.

## Products & services

- **Full-service food markets** — Neighborhood supermarkets with produce, butcher-cut meat, seafood, bakery, deli, cheese, dairy, frozen food, grocery, wine and spirits, floral and prepared foods.
- **Fresh2GO by Sendik's** — Smaller convenience-format stores offering fresh produce and meat, prepared meals, sushi, drinks, beer and wine, snacks and fuel at selected locations.
- **Sendik's Express** — Online grocery ordering with home delivery and curbside pickup in participating neighborhoods.
- **Red Bag Rewards** — A loyalty program offering one point per dollar in store and online, digital coupons, receipts and item rewards.
- **Catering and event food** — Delivery, setup and full-service catering, plus box lunches, custom cakes and holiday or event preorders.
- **Sendik's Home** — Floral arrangements, gifts and occasion-oriented products ordered online or through stores.
- **Sendik's mobile app** — Weekly deals, online ordering, shopping lists and pantry scanning for iOS and Android.

## Achievements

- Reached its 100th anniversary in 2026.
- Named a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Top Workplace for 13 consecutive years through 2024, according to the company awards page.
- Ted Balistreri received the National Grocers Association's 2025 Thomas K. Zaucha Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.
- Fresh2GO received a 2026 Convenience Store News Outstanding Independents award.
- Named a 2024 Shelby Report Exceptional Independents Award winner.
- Recognized as Wisconsin Grocer of the Year in 2009.
- Became an early Wisconsin grocery adopter of the Grind2Energy food-scrap-to-energy system in 2015.
- Works with more than 250 local companies, according to its Real Local program.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Road and utility work continued around the new Whitefish Bay store project, which the village said was slated to open in late summer 2026.
- **2026-07** — Sendik's celebrated 20 associate scholarship recipients through its partnership with Grocery Retailers of Wisconsin and graduated its 2026 leadership development cohort.
- **2026-05** — The Paws for a Cause round-up campaign raised $21,000 for three local humane societies.
- **2026-04** — Sendik's marked its 100th anniversary and celebrated alongside a longtime Grafton customer also turning 100.
- **2026-03** — Fresh2GO was recognized in Convenience Store News' 2026 Outstanding Independents awards.
- **2025-10** — Whitefish Bay approved a development agreement for a $10 million, two-story replacement store with a bistro bar, gathering spaces and a larger shopping floor.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sendiks.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sendik%27s-food-market
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sendiks
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUuew93Wv45Fozmifr4U_LQ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sendiks/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SendiksFoodMarket/

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Last updated: 2026-08-13