Retail Trade · New Brunswick, NJ

Key Food Supermarket 1854

According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $42,180 in back wages owed to 29 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.

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OSHA penalties
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Violations cited
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OSHA inspections
$42,180
Back wages owed

Key Food Supermarket 1854 in New Brunswick, NJ has been the subject of 0 OSHA workplace inspections and 0 citations since 2010, according to enforcement records from the U.S. Department of Labor. The employer also has 1 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) case on record, covering Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.

Compliance score

F 32/100
  • F Wage & hour compliance: $42K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($42K per case), vs. national p10 $2K (best) / p90 $58K (worst) among 91,622 employers with a WHD case on file.

Channels are separate federal datasets: a dimension marked not applicable simply has no record in that dataset for this employer, not a good or bad score.

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Key Food Supermarket 1854 in the Retail Trade enforcement ledger

On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Key Food Supermarket 1854 ranks #655 among 8,492 Retail Trade employers with WHD recoveries ($42,180). Key Food Supermarket 1854 carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #655 of 8,492 Retail Trade employers on WHD back wages ($42,180).

How Key Food Supermarket 1854 Compares

Key Food Supermarket 1854 in New Brunswick, NJ has no OSHA inspection on record with PlainWorker. An absence of federal inspection activity is not the same as a clean safety record, it typically means this employer has not yet been selected for inspection under OSHA's targeting programs. By comparison, Home Service Oil Company in Barnhart, MO has 2 OSHA inspections on record.

No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Key Food Supermarket 1854 to date. The Retail Trade sector average runs $2,898 per employer.

Wage & Hour Findings

WHD Cases
1
Back Wages Owed
$42,180
Employees Affected
29
WHD Violations
30
Avg Back Wages per Employee
$1,454
Avg Back Wages per CaseAbove average
$42,180

The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Key Food Supermarket 1854 owed $42,180 in back wages to 29 employees across 1 case and 30 violations. WHD enforces federal labor laws including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), covering minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor standards.

Industry Safety Context: Retail Trade

How Key Food Supermarket 1854 compares to the Retail Trade sector, which has 12,945 employers tracked by PlainWorker.

Metric Key Food Supermarket 1854 Industry Avg
Inspections 0 0.8
Violations 0 1.7
Total Penalty $0 $2,898
Avg Penalty per Inspection $0 $3,571

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What to do with this record

Use Key Food Supermarket 1854's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.

  • A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Key Food Supermarket 1854 against South Side Grocery, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
  • See whether Key Food Supermarket 1854's inspection and penalty record is typical for Retail Trade or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Retail Trade sector
  • Key Food Supermarket 1854 also carries $42,180 in Wage and Hour Division back-wages, a separate enforcement track from OSHA safety violations. How wage-theft enforcement works

Figures reflect closed OSHA and WHD federal enforcement actions on record (2010–2026); not every workplace issue results in an inspection or investigation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Has Key Food Supermarket 1854 been cited for wage theft?
Yes. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has recorded 1 enforcement case against Key Food Supermarket 1854, resulting in $42,180 in back wages owed to 29 affected workers. These cases involve violations of federal labor laws including minimum wage, overtime, and other worker protections.
What industry does Key Food Supermarket 1854 operate in?
Key Food Supermarket 1854 operates in the Retail Trade sector (NAICS code 445110). This industry has 12,945 employers tracked by PlainWorker, with 10,505 total OSHA inspections and $37.51M in cumulative penalties.
What should I do if Key Food Supermarket 1854 owes me wages?
If you believe Key Food Supermarket 1854 owes you wages, you can file a complaint with the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division at dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints or by calling 1-866-487-9243. WHD investigates violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act including unpaid minimum wage, overtime, and unauthorized deductions. The DOL has previously found $42,180 in back wages owed by this employer across 1 case.
How does Key Food Supermarket 1854's safety record compare to industry average?
Key Food Supermarket 1854's total OSHA penalty of $0 is below the Retail Trade industry average of $2,898 per employer. The employer has 0 inspections compared to the industry average of 0.8 per employer. For a direct comparison, Home Service Oil Company in Barnhart, MO is a similar retail trade employer with $42,209 in current penalties.
Data Sources & Methodology

Data as of 2026. Source: U.S. Department of Labor (OSHA, WHD).

Source: OSHA Enforcement Data

Inspection and violation records from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, covering the period 2010–2026. Includes inspection dates, violation types (serious, willful, repeat, other-than-serious), and penalty amounts. Penalties shown are current assessed amounts and may differ from original citations due to settlement, contest, or reduction.

Source: Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

Compliance actions from the WHD, covering enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including minimum wage, overtime, and child labor violations. Back wages represent amounts owed to affected employees as determined by WHD investigations.

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Every figure on PlainWorker is rendered directly from official U.S. Department of Labor OSHA and Wage & Hour Division enforcement records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's ratios (penalty-per-violation, industry comparisons) are computed live from the 0 inspections on record. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.