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March 08, 2019
ShopRite Hosts Grand Opening at New Store in Port Jefferson, NY
Located at 5145 Nesconset Highway in Port Jefferson Station, NY, the supermarket offers expanded organic, natural and gluten-free options and an on-staff store dietitian. The Gallagher family, owners and operators of the new store, made a $10,000 donation to Long Island Cares food bank. The family also presented a check for $1,000 to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Rocky Point Post during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the store.
February 27, 2019
ShopRite to Receive Award from Metropolitan Golf Writers Association
ShopRite will be presented with the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association’s prestigious Bing Crosby Tournament Sponsor award at its 68th National Awards Dinner in May at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, New York.
December 05, 2018
ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer will be held June 3–9, 2019
The ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer announces dates for this year's tournament, when the best female golfers in the world visit South Jersey for the area's largest annual sporting event. Players will compete for $1.75 million in prize money at the Seaview Hotel and Golf Club. Defending Champion Annie Park, left, is pictured holding the trophy after her win in 2018.
October 26, 2018
Wakefern Food Corp. Announces $16.5 Billion in Sales
Wakefern reported record retail sales of $16.5 billion for the 52-week fiscal year ending September 29, 2018, a 1.6 percent increase from the prior year. The largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States, Wakefern opened four new ShopRite® stores and two Price Rite® Marketplace stores during the same period.
September 20, 2018
New York Football Legend Wayne Chrebet "Helps Bag Hunger” at ShopRite Of Hazlet
Retired professional football player and Gang Green Legend Wayne Chrebet joined football players from Raritan High School and the Hazlet Youth Sports (Hazlet Hawks) to bag groceries and raise awareness around the issue of food insecurity. Hundreds of ShopRite stores mark Help Bag Hunger Day by inviting community leaders to their stores to bag groceries.
September 14, 2018
ShopRite Contest Seeks Hunger-Fighting Heroes
ShopRite Partners In Caring, a community-based, hunger-fighting initiative, is about to enter its 20th year. To mark that milestone and twenty years of good, ShopRite is looking for people who work in their communities to help feed the hungry. Each hunger-fighting hero will receive $1,000 to donate to a favorite charity.
August 03, 2018
ShopRite Opens New Store in Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
Charles Gallagher, left, owner and operator of the new ShopRite of Lake Ronkonkoma, presented Paule Pachter, chief executive officer of Long Island Cares food bank, with a check for $10,000 during the store grand opening on Friday, Aug. 3. Bakers and experienced butchers are on staff at the new store at 601 Portion Road.
July 13, 2018
Wakefern Says Goodbye to Longtime Member James Sumas
Wakefern Food Corp. announces the passing of member and mentor James "Jimmy" Sumas. Owner, Operator and Chairman Emeritus of Village Super Market, Inc., Sumas helped turn his family’s neighborhood grocery store into a company powerhouse with 30 ShopRite supermarkets in four states.
July 11, 2018
Wakefern Names New Senior Vice President of Marketing
Supermarket industry veteran Erik Keptner has been named Senior Vice President of Marketing for Wakefern Food Corp. Keptner brings nearly 20 years of experience in the fast-changing, competitive supermarket world to his new role at Wakefern, where he will develop marketing and merchandizing strategies that build upon the company’s rich legacy of successful retail brands.
June 28, 2018
ShopRite Opens First Store in the Bronx
The new ShopRite of Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx features a large selection of fresh produce, natural and organic products, and fresh seafood, bakery and butcher departments along with ShopRite’s low, everyday prices. A registered dietitian also offers a range of free health and wellness services to customers, including individual nutrition counseling.
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