Business

St. Bernard's economy  has a mix of industrial base along with it's historic agricultural and fisheries economy.   Wholesale and retail trade, government services, and contract construction are also major economic contributors.  A majority of St. Bernard's population is employed in the city of New Orleans and other portions of the metro area.  Prior to Hurricane Katrina striking the area, the majority of retail and commercial development in St. Bernard occurred along Judge Perez Drive, St. Bernard Highway and Paris Road.   Several Neighborhood shopping centers operate in St. Bernard predominately anchored by supermarkets and grocers. Wal-Mart has reopened at it's site adjacent to the government center. As of this date there are two supermarkets operating in St. Bernard, Winn Dixie on Paris Road in Chalmette and Breaux Mart operating in the former Jubilee site on Paris Road.  Home Depot has returned to operations at its Chalmette store as well as Walgreen's Pharmacy at the corner of Judge Perez Drive and Paris Road.

Industrial development is predominately located between the River and St. Bernard Highway where St. Bernard's Port port area is home to a growing number of businesses and major refining operations such as the American Sugar Refinery and Exxon Mobil Chalmette Refinery are located.  Valero Oil (formerly Murphy Oil USA')  operates a refinery in Meraux and several other facilities operate in lower St. Bernard.  Other industrial parks are located in areas such as upper portions of Paris Road.  These industrial employers are major employers in St. Bernard Parish.  All suffered damage during Katrina and were out of production for a period. All have returned to full production.   The former Murphy Oil Refinery had a major oil spill resulting from the rupture of one of it's crude oil storage tanks which resulted in one of the largest urban oil spills in US history. 

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