Redner’s Fresh Market to open in former Audubon, PA Genuardi’s site
Redner’s Fresh Market plans to open this fall in a former Genuardi’s location in Audubon, PA. It will be the second Fresh Market for Redner’s, which operates warehouse grocery stores and Quick Shoppe convenience stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Redner’s President Ryan Redner said in a press release that the Audubon store will be […]
Grocery Outlet opens 19th PA store
With the opening of a store in Warminster last month, Grocery Outlet now has 19 locations in Pennsylvania. And more may be coming soon, as the company is actively seeking locations in the market. Earlier this summer Grocery Outlet went public, and now trades on the Nasdaq market. The discount grocer has about 325 stores […]
Atlantic City making a play for ShopRite to open in food desert
New Jersey’s Casino Reinvestment Develop Authority, which is trying to bring a supermarket to Atlantic City, voted in late August to designate Village Supermarkets as the developer and operator of a 40,000 square foot store near the city’s convention center. Village Supermarkets owns and operates 30 ShopRite stores in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and […]
Target’s small stores and big remodels are paying off
Target announced recently that it opened its 100th small-format store and finished remodeling its 500th location. The large-scale effort has paid off so far, as the company’s share price has surged to new highs and its most recent earnings report beat analysts’ estimates. According to COO John Mulligan, Target is on pace to open 30 […]
Lidl continues PA/NJ expansion w/Royersford store
Lidl opened its third PA store last month in Royersford, and more are planned for Greater Philadelphia communities. A Trooper, PA store is set to open in mid-September, and construction recently started on a Lansdale, PA location that was formerly occupied by Acme. The Royersford, Trooper and Lansdale locations are in Montgomery County. Lidl recently […]
Giant planning two-story, 65,000 SF Philly store at Riverwalk
Giant Food Stores is planning a two-story, 65,000 square foot supermarket at Riverwalk, a mixed-use development under construction on the Schuylkill River along 23rd Street in Center City, Philadelphia. The store, which will have an outdoor terrace and indoor parking, will be located in a building that will include 291 apartments. It is expected to […]
Wegmans proposed for Lower Makefield in Bucks County, PA
A Yardley, PA developer has proposed a mixed-use development in Lower Makefield, PA that would include Wegmans as well as 55,000 square feet of retail and 200 apartments on a 36-acre property. The project, called Prickett Run at Edgewood, would also include a clubhouse, courtyard, splash fountain, amphitheater, and the preservation of an historic building […]
Redner’s transforms store into Wegmans-like experience
An article in the Reading Eagle last month described how Redner’s Markets, the Berks County-based grocery chain known for its no-frills, low-price, warehouse-style grocery stores, is changing its strategy in an attempt to gain customers. According to reporter Jeff McGaw, the vibe in its Wyomissing, PA store “has become a little less ‘canned goods for […]
Amazon Go store opens in NYC, accepts cash
The opening of the Amazon Go store last week in New York City represents the chain’s 12th location, and the first to accept cash. The 1,300 square foot store is located in downtown Manhattan, across from One World Trade Center and on the second level of an upscale mall that includes shops, food vendors and […]
Sprouts plans 13 more stores for the second half of the year
Sprouts Farmers Markets announced that it plans to open 13 stores in six states during the second half of 2019. Openings are slated for Virginia, Florida, California, Maryland, North Carolina and Arizona. The company recently opened its first Pennsylvania store in Philadelphia, and a store is scheduled to open on June 5 in Marlton, which […]