Business & Merchant
- Last Updated on Monday, 01 April 2013 02:40
Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce Honors Local Supermarket
On Kennywood Day in 1949, Cox Market was originally started as Tom-Ann-Fred’s by Rose and Walter Cox as a small “mom and pop” store, which also served food as a dairy bar.
On Kennywood Day in 1949, Cox Market was originally started as Tom-Ann-Fred’s by Rose and Walter Cox as a small “mom and pop” store, which also served food as a dairy bar.
 Pictured (l-r) Cis Fraser, Don's Signs; Edsel Burkholder, ReMax; Josh Cox, Owner; Peggy Cox, Owner; Steve Cox, Owner; Monongahela Mayor Robert Kepics; Ben Fisher, Slagle Roofing; and Anthony Bottino, President, MACC.
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In 1981, after Steve graduated from W&J, he and his wife, Peggy, became partners with his parents, sparking yet more building and product expansion. Tom and Esther retired in 1996, with Steve and Peggy continuing on as third-generation owners. You’ll also see Steve and Peggy’s children working at the store, too. Josh, who left his position at an engineering firm in Pittsburgh, has now joined in the family business. Shane, too, helped out in the store after high school, but has now started his own business. You will see Kaitlyn around a certain amount too, although she has accepted a full time teaching position.
Employees are a very integral part to any business, but some of the ones at the store have become more than just employees. Few businesses can say that they have employees that have stayed with them long enough to become “family” as some of those at Cox’s. Along with “Aunt Ann”, Bonnie Frankovich has been a fixture through all three generations. Darlene Garrick and Jan McCorkle have been employed long enough to cover two generations.
If you have been a customer at Cox Market through the years, you already know that having family around is part of everyday life at the store. Cox Market has definitely had its transformations through the generations. With Steve and Peg’s grandchildren, Coltin, Caleb, Isaac and Maddie spending a lot of time at the store now, who knows, it may just make it to 5 generations!
