The Weis family is wise to the ways of grocery retailing. Weis (pronounced "Wise") Markets runs more than 160 grocery stores (averaging about 49,000 sq. ft.), mostly in Pennsylvania, but also in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and West Virginia, as well as a single Save-A-Lot discount store in Pennsylvania. (In recent years, the company has converted its Mr. Z's Food Mart, King's Supermarkets, and Cressler's Marketplace stores to the Weis Markets banner to go to market under a unified retail presence.) The founding Weis family controls the company.