Whole Foods Market opened a 43,617-square-foot store March 13 at 1745 South Easton Road in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The store’s product assortment includes more than 500 locally sourced items from the Mid-Atlantic region, each meeting Whole Foods Market’s quality standards. “My family and I have called Doylestown home for almost 20 years, and I am excited […]
Category: Northeast
The Shelby Report of the Northeast covers grocery retailers, wholesalers and suppliers in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Follow the latest store openings, remodels, leadership changes and market news from the region.
Posted inIndependent Store News, News, Northeast, Tops Friendly Markets
Tops Exceeds Goal During Gift Of Warmth Clothing Drive
Tops Friendly Markets collaborated for the second year with M&T Bank and The Salvation Army for the Gift of Warmth campaign, a winter clothing drive. The 39th annual campaign collected 4,848 items – hats, gloves, mittens and scarves – in bins at 53 Tops locations and 84 M&T branches in the Buffalo-Rochester, New York, region. […]
Posted inDeli News, Northeast
Blount Fine Foods Donates More Than 1M Food Servings In 2024
Blount Fine Foods donated more than 1 million servings of its products – including chowder, mac and cheese and soups – to communities throughout 2024. “Giving back to our community is a crucial part of the work we do at Blount,” said William Bigelow, chief operating officer. “Our employees not only take great pride in […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Corporate Store News, Feature, Northeast
Northeast Grocers Tailor Strategies For Latino Customers
by Diana Leza Sheehan / founder, principal consultant, PDG Insights In this new series, we explore the opportunity created for retailers by targeting Latino grocery consumers across the United States. For context, the Latino population in 2024 reached about 66 million, or about 19.5 percent of the total U.S. population. Spending power among this diverse […]
Posted inPackaging News, News, Northeast
ProAmpac’s ProActive Platform Wins At 2025 PAC Global Awards
ProAmpac’s ProActive Recyclable RP-1000 Paper Platform has won Best in Class and an Award of Distinction at the 2025 PAC Global Awards Celebration and Futures Edge Summit in New York. As part of the ProAmpac’s Fiberization of Packaging initiative, the RP-1000 platform stood out in the “Sustainable Package Design: Package Circularity” category for its combination of high-speed form-fill-seal performance, enhanced durability […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Market Profile, Northeast
Delaware’s Harvest Market Thriving As 30th Anniversary Approaches
A college assignment helped steer Bob Kleszics into a career in the grocery business. Founder and CEO of Harvest Market in Hockessin, Delaware, Kleszics was an anthropology major at the University of Delaware in 1979 when he took a field methods class. For the course, the student goes outside the classroom and into a group’s […]
Posted inMarket Profile, Association News, Northeast
‘Modest’ Describes Current, Future Growth In Delaware
The Delaware economy has been on a gradual growth trajectory over the past five years. According to researcher IbisWorld, the population has grown 1.3 percent leading up to 2025, reaching just under 1.06 million. Its gross state product reached $76.3 billion by the beginning of the year, reflecting 1.0 percent growth over five years, and […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Big Y Foods, Northeast
Big Y Donates $75K To Red Cross For California Wildfire Relief
Big Y Foods has donated $75,000 to support the American Red Cross network’s humanitarian relief efforts to those affected by the wildfires in California. The Springfield, Massachusetts-based supermarket chain collected donations from customers and employees Jan. 17-31 in-store, online and myExpress Checkout Mobile app. The total also included contributions from Big Y. “We are truly […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Northeast, ShopRite
ShopRite Cheerios Contest Raises $1.3M For Food Banks
ShopRite’s recent ShopRite Partners In Caring Cheerios Contest raised $1.3 million, which the company attributed to customers’ generosity and the dedication of its associates who helped raise awareness around food insecurity. As part of the annual hunger-fighting tradition, employees from the top fundraising stores will be featured on limited-edition Cheerios cereal boxes the grocer sells […]
Posted inNortheast, Corporate Store News, Tops Friendly Markets
Tops Launches Campaign To Help Find Cure for Type 1 Diabetes
Tops Friendly Markets is partnering with Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF), a global type 1 diabetes research and advocacy organization, to raise money to fund research to help find a cure for T1D. This year’s campaign runs through March 22. T1D is an autoimmune disease that causes the pancreas to make very little insulin or none […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Hannaford Supermarkets, Northeast
Hannaford Donates $1.3M To Advance Child Health, Wellness
Scarborough, Maine-based Hannaford Supermarkets has announced a $1.3 million investment in programs that impact child health and wellness across New England and New York. The latest chapter of Hannaford’s “Eat Well, Be Well – A Path to Better Health” initiative, the funding will enhance programs that help children eat healthier and stay active with the […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Northeast
King Kullen, Wild By Nature Raise $16K For Long Island Food Bank
Hauppauge, New York-based King Kullen and Wild by Nature recently held the annual in-store “Check Out Hunger” campaign, raising $16,000 for the Long Island Cares/Harry Chapin Food Bank. Tracey Cullen, King Kullen VP of corporate strategy and initiatives and the great-granddaughter of King Kullen founder Michael Cullen, noted that the company and its customers have […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Foodtown, Northeast
ARS Co-op Member Ferreira Wins Industry Award
Jason Ferreira, a member of Allegiance Retail Services, a supermarket grocery services co-op, was recognized by Shelby Publishing in its third annual Exceptional Independents Awards program, which celebrates the contributions of independent retailers across the industry. Ferreira, who owns and operates Foodtown stores in the New York City area, was honored for his achievements in […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Northeast
Price Rite Marketplace Celebrates Team On Supermarket Employee Day
Keasbey, New Jersey-based Price Rite Marketplace celebrated its associates Feb. 22 on Supermarket Employee Day – a day proclaimed by FMI – The Food Industry Association to recognize grocery workers for their commitment to feeding families and enriching lives. Team members from 46 Price Rite Marketplace stores were acknowledged for the essential role each plays […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Northeast, Wakefern
Wakefern Members Cingari Family Markets, Kinsley Market Named Exceptional Independents
For the second year in a row, Wakefern Food Corp. cooperative members Cingari Family Markets and Kinsley Market [ShopRite of Brodheadsville] were among those recognized in Shelby Publishing’s Exceptional Independent Grocer Awards program. Presented at the National Grocers Association (NGA) Show in Las Vegas on Feb. 24, the awards shine a light on independent grocers that […]
Posted inMarket Profile, Northeast
Maine’s Rural Character, Aging Population, Shrinking Workforce Affect Grocers
In fall 2023, Costco opened its first and only store in Maine. A few months later, value-based retailer Market Basket opened a new location in Topsham. At the time, the buzz among shoppers in the greater Portland area was palpable and left many hopeful this would signal a wave of other food retailers wanting to […]
Posted inProduce News, Big Y Foods, Northeast
National Mango Board Names Big Y Foods As Retailer Of The Year
The National Mango Board (NMB) has named Big Y Foods as the recipient of its Mango Retailer of the Year award. This award honors the grocer for its contributions to the mango category, including significant year-over-year sales growth, in-store promotions and successful consumer engagement campaigns. The Mango Retailer of the Year award recognizes retailers that excel in supporting […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Northeast, Save A Lot
Save A Lot Finishing Store Conversion In Jersey Shore, PA
Save A Lot is preparing to open a store Feb. 27 at 701 Allegheny St. in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, after converting it from a previous banner. “We believe this community deserves high-quality food at a value price point that works for them while still enjoying the benefits of a locally-operated, family-run grocery store,” said Harry […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Market Profile, Northeast
Maine’s Bow Street Market Known For Prioritizing Local Products
About 20 minutes from Portland, Maine, on the shores of Casco Bay, is Freeport, home of LL Bean and popular discount retail outlets. For nearly 80 years, this charming coastal town also has been served by Bow Street Market. Established in 1946 as a small, family-run shop, Bow Street Market has become a local institution […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Giant Food, Northeast
Giant Food, Divert Achieve Food Waste Milestone
Giant Food and Divert Inc. have reached a milestone of about 80 million pounds of unsold food products processed since 2022, the equivalent of mitigating more than 37,000 metric tons of CO2e. “Partnering with Divert has allowed us to make a tangible difference in reducing food waste and supporting our communities,” said Diane Hicks, SVP […]