Fairway Market, the specialty food market, opened Nov. 16 in Douglaston, Queens, offering area shoppers a combination of specialty, organic and traditional foodstuffs at everyday value prices. The store, which is the ninth for the company and the first in New York City’s largest borough, is located at 242-02 61st Ave. in the Douglaston Plaza […]
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Largest Wegmans Now Open in Massachusetts
Wegmans Food Markets’ newest store is its largest. And it’s also the New York-based chain’s first store that is classified as being in New England. The store that opened Oct. 16 in Northborough, Mass., is 138,000 s.f. A Wegmans press release says that shopping at the megastore will be “fun,” and that every customer will […]
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OSHA Proposes DeMoulas Supermarkets Pay Half a Million in Fines
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited DeMoulas Supermarkets Inc., doing business as Market Basket, for 30 alleged willful, repeat and serious violations of workplace safety standards at its stores in Rindge and Concord, N.H. The Tewksbury, Mass.-based grocery chain, which has stores in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, faces a […]
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Sheetz West Virginia Expansion Continues With Store in Beaver
Sheetz opened a new store in Beaver, W.Va., Sept. 22. This is the second Sheetz location in this area to open this year. The first in Beckley on Robert C. Byrd Drive opened in February. As part of the grand opening, the company made a donation to Special Olympics West Virginia. Sheetz has been a […]
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New Jersey Still Under Water in Some Areas
By Ashley Bates/staff writer Areas in New Jersey, along with farms across the state, are still suffering damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Al Murray, director, marketing and development with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, said that it might take months to fully assess the damage statewide. “We are in contact with […]
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2011 Pennsylvania Profile: Weathers Economy with State Initiatives, Natural Gas
In Pennsylvania, the unemployment is at 7.6 percent, a good bit below the national average of 9.1 percent for July, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Pearson Promoted at Laurel Grocery
Today, Dennis Butler, president of Laurel Grocery Co., revealed the promotion of David Pearson to the position of SVP sales and marketing. Reporting to Pearson in his new position will be John McCurry, EVP marketing; Larry Davis, VP perishables; Stephen Chesnut, VP sales; and Joe Livorsi, who joined Laurel Grocer Co. two weeks ago to […]
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Bottom Dollar Heading Disaster Relief Campaig
Bottom Dollar Food is inviting its customers to participate in the grocer’s Hurricane Irene disaster-relief campaign through Sept. 6 in support of the American Red Cross. The company has partnered with the national humanitarian organization to accept register donations at Bottom Dollar Food stores in Virginia and Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas, as well as […]