Babson Magazine

Spring 2016

News, Notes + Nods

Undergraduate

Jim Wholey, his family, and their Pittsburgh business, Robert Wholey & Co., were featured in a Nov. 18 article, “Strip District Grocer Wholey’s: We’re Not Just a Seafood Market,” in the Tribune-Review. Jim, who was interviewed for the article, started as a salesman at Wholey’s in 1975 and became president in 2001. He emails, “The store opened in 1912, selling eggs, butter, and poultry. Fresh seafood sales started in 1960. We also carry beef, produce, and dry goods.”