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19: Popular Family-Run Market In Area Cited For Making Quick Adjustments Amid Pandemic
One of the area's favorite family-run markets earned top marks for the chain’s deft handling and quick response to the COVID-19 pandemic. DeCicco & Sons, which has nine locations in Westchester, was celebrated by Supermarket News for “quickly becoming a model of how to operate a business during COVID-19." Related story - Popular Family-Owned Market Opening New Store In Westchester When the pandemic first struck, DeCicco & Sons was quick to limit the number of shoppers allowed in the store, staggering their entrance and exit from markets, which occasionally led to lines out the door…
Business
Stop & Shop To Pioneer Doghouse For Pet-Owning Customers At Area Store
Stop & Shop will pilot a DogSpot house at an area store starting Thursday, June 6. The company based in Quincy, Massachusetts will run a 12-week test of the DogSpot house in Nassau County at the 65 Shore Road store in Port Washington. If all goes well, it then may put the doghouses in other stores, Supermarket News reported. DogSpot is a high tech app-connected dog house with temperature control, camera monitoring is lockable and self-sanitizing, where your dog can stay while you shop. A mobile app allows you to keep an eye on your dog while you when they are in the shelter. Here's the…
Business
Stop & Shop Could Lose $100M As Result Of 11-Day Workers' Strike
The Stop & Shop workers strike that lasted 11 days in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island could cost the chain over $100 million in profits, Supermarket News reported. Parent company Ahold Delhaize gave the estimate following the end of the strike Sunday, April 21 of a one-off impact of $90 million to $110 million on the retail giant's underlying operating profit for 2019, according to the article. Lower sales, increased shrink of seasonal and perishable inventory, and additional supply-chain expenses are what makes up the amount, said the report. Ahold Delhaize said the strike…
Lifestyle
Frozen Food Is A Hot Seller Once Again, Experts Say
Frozen food sales are making a comeback around the country, according to a new report from the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) and Food Marketing Institute (FMI) on Supermarket News. This rebound can be attributed to what the study describes as “increased purchases by the category’s core shoppers.” “In 2018, frozen food growth was driven by more dollars and trips, but household engagement was largely unchanged. These are the core frozen food shoppers: buying more and visiting the aisle more often,” AFFI and FMI said in the study’s announcement. “Core shoppers are older Millennials, ju…
Business
Wegmans Edges Close To 100 Stores With New Area Location Coming
Wegmans Food Markets, which will soon be unveiling a location in Westchester, is now just two stores from having 100. That means the family-owned supermarket chain based in Rochester, will open its 100th store in 2019. Wegmans has plans for 14 other new stores in the next two years, including one along Westchester Avenue in Harrison near three major highways -- I-684, I-287 and I-95 -- as reported here by Daily Voice. Wegmans signed a purchase agreement in December 2016 with Normandy Real Estate Partners for a 125,000-square-foot grocery in Harrison, where site work has begun. Wegman's 1…
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