Begun in 1962, Tops Friendly Markets is a full-service grocery retailer, serving upstate New York, central New York and northern Pennsylvania. Located in Syracuse, N.Y., it operates 126 supermarkets and five franchise supermarkets. The store has in-store pharmacies, butchers for the meat department, bakeries and ready-to-eat prepared foods in the stores carry out caf s. Tops Friendly Markets also has a florist, grocery and dairy, as well as frozen seafood/produce/deli departments and on-site fuel stations. It has a playhouse to engage children and also conducts cooking classes offering recipes to suit various occasions.