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Navy Veteran Rocco Cingari Of Stamford, CEO Of Company That Owns 11 ShopRite Stores In CT, Dies
President and CEO of Grade A Market Inc., which owns 11 ShopRite stores in Connecticut, Rocco "Rocky" Salvatore Cingari, a lifelong resident of Stamford, died Monday, June 3 at age 89.
After serving in the U.S. Navy Cingari spent the next 67 years, first as vice president of Grade A ShopRite Supermarkets, and in the early '80s, rising to become president and CEO, a position he has held to date.
He also served on the board of directors of Wakefern Food Corp.
Cingari was born Aug. 14, 1929, son of the late Salvatore and Rosa D'Allura Cingari.
Cingari's many qualities included being a driven…