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Shuttered Wedding Venue One Step Closer To Becoming First Grocery Store For NJ Town Shuttered Wedding Venue One Step Closer To Becoming First Grocery Store For NJ Town
Shuttered Wedding Venue One Step Closer To Becoming First Grocery Store For NJ Town One New Jersey town is about to get its first full-fledge supermarket in decades, and it'll be replacing a longtime wedding venue. Lidl is nearly complete with demolition to Snuffy’s Pantagis Renaissance, the more than 80-year-old wedding venue along Route 22 in Scotch Plains that shuttered sometime during the pandemic, according to Tom Strowe, the towns' director of redevelopment. Strowe struggled to remember the last time Scotch Plains had its own grocery store. The closest ones now are the ShopRite in Watchung or South Plainfield, Aldi in South Plainfield, or perhaps Trader Joe…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Stew Leonard's Founder Dies At 93, Leaving $600 Million Legacy Stew Leonard's Founder Dies At 93, Leaving $600 Million Legacy
Stew Leonard's Founder Dies At 93, Leaving $600 Million Legacy The creator of "one of the most famous food retailers in the world" died at 93 years old, leaving a world-record-breaking grocery store chain to his family.  Stew Leonard Sr., of Westport, CT, died on Wednesday, April 26 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City after a brief illness, according to Stew Leonard's website.  We are sad to announce that Stew Leonard, Sr., the founder of Stew Leonard’s, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2023,... Posted by Stew Leonard's on Thursday, April 27, 2023 Leonard launched the first Stew Leonard's in Norwalk, CT, in December 1969.  The successful g…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Lifestyle
New Grocery Stores Coming To NJ New Grocery Stores Coming To NJ
New Grocery Stores Coming To NJ German discount grocer Lidl plans to open its seventh and eighth stores in New Jersey later this month. A store in Howell will be located at 4250 Route 9. The other new store will be on Route 38 in Cherry Hill (Camden County). Both stores will open at 8 a.m. on Feb. 26. Lidl officials plan to celebrate the grand opening with music, giveaways and food specials.  There are currently six Lidl locations in New Jersey, according to the grocery chain’s website, and more than 11,000 Lidl stores worldwide. Over the past few months, Lidl has announced several new stores coming to the Garden …

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by Jon Craig