![]() ![]() ![]() Skimmed cash was placed in bundles in Leonard Sr.'s office fireplace, to be later moved offshore or disguised as gifts. The fraud, which involved a computer program designed to skim off sales, was directed by Stew Leonard Sr., in concert with the company's CFO and store manager. was convicted of having committed tax fraud via an elaborate scheme to divert more than $17.1 million in cash register receipts over a 10-year period. Stew Leonard Sr., the founder of the Stew Leonard's chain, died on April 26, 2023, at the age of 93. Ī store in Newington, Connecticut was announced in February 2006 and opened in April 2007. In 2015, Stew Leonard's announced plans to open a store in Farmingdale in early 2016 the store opened in January 2016. However, plans to open a store across from the Republic Airport in Farmingdale, NY fell through. The Leonard family began working to open a store on Long Island, in 2002. Stew Leonard's announced plans to open a store in Yonkers, NY, in 1997. Stew Leonard acquired land for a second store in Danbury, Connecticut, in the mid-1980s. opened the Clover Farms Dairy store in Norwalk. History Clover Farms Dairy Ĭharles Leonard, a hatter in a sweatshop, founded Clover Farms Dairy in Norwalk, Connecticut, in the early 1920s. The newest location opened on Septemin Paramus, New Jersey. Opened in 1969 with seven employees in Norwalk, Connecticut, the chain now includes six stores in Connecticut and New York. Stew Leonard's is a regional chain of seven supermarkets in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, which Ripley's Believe It or Not! deemed "The World's Largest Dairy" and Fortune magazine listed as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For".
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