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Supermarket Game Changer? ShopRite Rolling Out Smart Carts In NJ, Along East Coast
Imagine strolling through your local supermarket, scanning items, calculating your total, and then, skipping the checkout line? Thanks to an AI-powered "smart cart," that's now possible. This futuristic shopping experience is now a reality in select ShopRite locations in the East Coast as the supermarket chain introduces technology designed by Instacart to save shoppers time and make grocery runs smoother than ever. The so-called "Caper Carts" are designed to make grocery shopping faster, smarter, and more interactive. To date, about a dozen ShopRite stores have added the carts as another…
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Video Shows Vehicle Pulling Into Path Of Police Car In Deadly Sussex County Crash: AG
Video has been released in a crash involving a Franklin Borough police officer and a 19-year-old Sussex County woman who died as a result of it back in May. Sgt. William Grissom was driving southbound on Route 23 in Franklin when a black Honda Prelude pulled out of the ShopRite parking lot near Walsh Street on Monday, May 27 around 10:40 a.m., NJ Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Video shows the Prelude emerging from behind vehicles in traffic on the northbound side of the roadway, the attorney general's office said. The officer's dashcam, released Monday, Oct. 28 by Platki…
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Employee Details Hostage Situation In South Jersey ShopRite
A ShopRite employee has detailed the situation the brought a major police presence to a New Jersey ShopRite on Saturday night, Oct. 12. A Lawnside ShopRite employee said a couple was arguing loudly around 6:50 p.m. The man was holding a knife to his female partner's stomach, the employee said. Multiple agencies arrived around 7 p.m. One agency brought K9 units, which the employee said helped apprehend the man, who came out on a stretcher, the employee said. Barrington police said only that one person was arrested.
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$1B Mega Millions Jackpot Ticket Sold At NJ ShopRite Remains Unclaimed Six Months Later
A Mega Millions ticket winning the $1.13 billion jackpot was sold at a New Jersey ShopRite last March. Now, lottery officials are urging the person who bought it to come forward, as the deadline to claim the ticket is fast approaching. The cash value of the March 26 ticket sold at the Route 66 ShopRite in Neptune is an estimated $537.5 million. The winning numbers for the drawing were: 07, 11, 22, 29 and 38. The Gold Mega Ball number was 04. The Multiplier number was 02. "New Jersey Lottery winners have one year from the date of the drawing to file a claim before the ticket expires," …
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Amazon Fresh Opens In Shuttered Bergen County Kmart (
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Bergen County is home to yet another Amazon Fresh store. The 40,000-square-foot store on Memorial Drive, which replaced the Kmart that closed in 2016, is the third in New Jersey. The two others are located in Paramus and Eatontown. The Amazon Fresh store in Lodi features the company's latest brick-and-mortar design unveiled last year in Chicago and Southern California. Amazon Fresh Amazon Fresh Other businesses at the shopping center include Blink Fitness, the Little Gym of Lodi, KPOT Korean BBQ, and Aldi. ShopRite is located about one mile away on Main Street. The Amazon F…
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Drunk Driver Going 114 MPH Sentenced For Garden State Parkway Crash That Killed Amazon Worker
A 47-year-old Newark man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday, July 19, for a deadly 2021 crash on the Garden State Parkway where he was driving intoxicated at 114 mph, authorities said. On Feb. 15, 2021, Rolando Godwin was driving a Range Rover when he struck a Lexus SUV driven by Christopher Meikle, a 46-year-old East Orange resident, causing his car to be engulfed in flames on the Garden State Parkway in Clark, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said. Following the crash, Godwin requested he be transported away from the scene, indicating he was prepared to offer an unsp…
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140 Shopping Carts Stolen From Rochelle Park ShopRite: Man, 77, Younger Pal Busted
A 77-year-old Cuban national and a middle-aged accomplice from Newark were arrested after 140 shopping carts were stolen from the Rochelle Park ShopRite over the course of two weeks, authorities said. The carts began vanishing from the parking lot of the West Passaic Street supermarket on March 27, Rochelle Park Police Capt. James M. DePreta said.By early this week, 140 were gone, the captain said. Total value: $28,000 (or $200 per). Reviewing surveillance video with supermarket security, Rochelle Park Detective Sgt. Jared Shatkin and Detective Nick Mercoun identified a distinctive r…
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! Two North Jersey Powerball Players Score Big Bucks
It was a winning Wednesday for two North Jersey Powerball players. Tickets sold in Somerset County and Passaic County matched four numbers plus the red Powerball in the drawing held on Wednesday, March 27, winning $50,000. The tickets were sold at a ShopRite in Bernardsville and Union Food Store in Totowa. The winning numbers were 37, 46, 57, 60, 66 and the red Powerball was 8.
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Trio Of Winners! Three North Jersey Powerball Players Score $50K
Three North Jersey Powerball players kicked off their week with a bang. The trio, two in Bergen County and one in Passaic County, matched four numbers plus the red Powerball in the drawing held on Monday, March 25, winning $50,000. The tickets were sold at Leprechaun News in Rutherford, ShopRite in Elmwood Park and Stop and Shop in Ringwood. The winning numbers were 7, 11, 19, 53, 68 and the red Powerball was 23.
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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…
Lifestyle
It's Always Sunny In Hoboken: Rob McElhenney Serves Up Whiskey Shots
A co-owner of Paddy's Pub in Philadelphia decided to visit the bars in Hoboken. Rob McElhenney, who co-created and stars in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," visited two bars and a Shoprite in Hoboken on Tuesday, Feb. 27. The actor was in town to promote his new Irish-American whiskey, Four Walls, which he crafted with his "Always Sunny" co-stars Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day. McElhenney tended bar at Wicked Wolf as they hosted a tasting of the whiskey. Wicked Wolf Instagram In keeping with tradition at the Hoboken bar, he also popped confetti. ChiBids Instagram He al…
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ShopRite Store Coming To Central Jersey Hiring For Hundreds Of Positions
About 300 jobs are being created thanks to the arrival of a new ShopRite in Old Bridge. The new ShopRite is located in the Glenwood Green Shopping Center at Route 9 and Schulmeister Road. The store is set to open in March. Hiring is taking place for all positions including department managers, butchers, deli, bakery, dairy, produce and seafood associates, customer service associates, cashiers and baggers. Perry Blatt, director of E-Commerce and Business Development for Village Super Market, Inc., said, “We look forward to continuing our commitment to the community with a brand new s…
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$10K Mega Millions Ticket Sold At Bergen County ShopRite
It was a lucky Tuesday for a Mega Millions player in Bergen County. A ticket sold at ShopRite in Hackensack matched four numbers plus the gold MegaBall in the drawing held on Tuesday, Jan. 30, winning $10,000. The winning numbers were 3, 5, 16, 58, 59 and the gold MegaBall was 11.
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Powerball Player Wins $1M At 7-Eleven, Two Others Take Home $50K
One New Jersey Powerball ticket matched five of the five white balls drawn for Saturday, Dec. 16, winning $1 million, state Lottery officials said. The winning ticket was sold at 7-Eleven #16164, 403 US Highway 9, Lanoka Harbor in Ocean County. In addition, two tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Ocean County: Shoprite #641, Route 70 and Chambersbridge Rd., Brick; and Passaic County: Super Exito Supermarket, 218 Dayton Ave., Clifton. The winning numbers for the…
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ShopRite Opens At Former Site Of Shuttered Bergen County K-Mart
Attention, K-Mart shoppers in Bergen County. You have a new place to shop. ShopRite celebrated its grand opening at 180 Broadway in Elmwood Park on Friday, Nov. 17. The location is the site of a former K-Mart, which shuttered in 2018 and was completely rebuilt by ShopRite. The 60,000 square foot store is run by Inserra Supermarkets and features a bakery, prepared food, a butcher, and seafood, deli and floral departments.
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Sussex County ShopRite Days Away From Opening (
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Sussex County residents are days away from having a brand-new ShopRite store. The Sussex Borough grocer at 1 Wiebel Plaza will be holding an opening ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 25. EIGHT DAYS until our grand opening! Join us on October 25th for fun and festivities! Posted by ShopRite of Sussex on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 In NINE DAYS our customers will be able to purchase baked goods from our Bakery Department! 🍰 🧁 Posted by ShopRite of Sussex on Monday, October 16, 2023 The store is really coming together! 🤩 Posted by ShopRite of Sussex on Monday, October 9, 2023 Here's a…
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Sussex County ShopRite ‘Distract And Grab’ Scammer Sentenced For Theft
A Paterson man who pleaded guilty to stealing wallets from two victims in what authorities call a “distract and grab” scam is heading to jail. Juan Canales, 54, was sentenced to 180 days in the Morris County Correctional Facility, which will run concurrent on both counts, Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. Canales pleaded guilty on Friday, Sept. 8 to two counts of theft and admitted to stealing the wallets on separate occasions before using the credit cards inside to obtain gift cards in “distract and grab” scams at the ShopRite in Byram. The investigation was led by th…
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North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police
A North Jersey fire chief was arrested for masturbating in a vehicle parked in a ShopRite parking lot, authorities said. Budd Lake Fire Chief Joe Compano was arrested and charged with lewdness following the Tuesday, Sept. 19 incident in the parking lot of the Sparta ShopRite store on North Village Boulevard, Sparta police Detective Lt. Tom Snyder said. It began around 11:50 p.m., when a woman loading groceries into her car called police to say that the man in a maroon Ford Explorer next to her was masturbating with his penis exposed, Snyder said. He masturbated more aggressively and tried h…
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: Worker At Bergen Shop-Rite Beaten With Chair, Choked Out, Arrest Made
An outside employee on the job at a ShopRite in Rochelle Park beat another with a metal folding chair, then choked him out before fleeing, authorities said. Leslie A. Mann, 53, grabbed the chair during an argument with a fellow privately contracted employee at the West Passaic Street supermarket, Police Capt. James DePreta said. Mann, of Riverdale, hit the co-worker over the head with the chair several times, then punched him in the chest, knocking him to the floor, the captain said. He then choked the victim with his hands until he lost consciousness, DePreta said. Several co-workers fi…
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Woman, 77, Severely Injured By 81-Year-Old Escalade Driver In Paramus ShopRite Parking Lot
A woman was knocked unconscious by an SUV in the parking lot of the Paramus ShopRite on Labor Day. UPDATE: Woman, 77, Dies After Being Struck By 81-Year-Old Driver In Paramus ShopRite Parking Lot ** Original story continues below ** The 77-year-old Hackensack woman was unresponsive after being struck by a Cadillac Escalade in the lot of the eastbound Route 4 supermarket, just after 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 4, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Police and members of Paramus EMS arrived and attempted life-saving measures before she was rushed by ambulance to Hackensack University M…
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Lotto Players In Passaic, Bergen Split $100K Jackpot
It was a happy Sunday for lotto players in Bergen and Passaic counties. Two tickets matched all five numbers in the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Sunday, August 13, splitting the $100,000 jackpot. The tickets were sold at Shoprite in Wyckoff and Jackpocket in Hewitt. The winning numbers were: 02, 16, 27, 31 and 44 and the XTRA number was: 02.
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: Powerball Ticket Worth $50K Sold At Somerset County ShopRite
Who's the lucky winner? A Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a ShopRite in Somerset County. A ticket matching four of the five white balls and the Powerball for the Monday, August 7 drawing was sold at the store on S. Davenport Street in Somerville, lottery officials said. The winning numbers were: 06, 13, 20, 35, and 54. The Red Power Ball was 22, and the Power Play was 2X. The Powerball jackpot now totals $170 million, and the next drawing will be held Wednesday, August 9.
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: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $886K Sold In Warren County
It’s a winner! A Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth more than $886,000 was sold in Warren County. A ticket matching all five numbers for the Thursday, August 3 drawing was sold at ShopRite on Clubhouse Drive in Washington, lottery officials confirmed. The winning numbers were 13, 18, 19, 21 and 24. The XTRA number was 05. The lucky ticketholder will take home the $886,516 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot.
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Salmonella Outbreak That Sickened 9 In NJ Traced To ShopRite Ground Beef: CDC
A salmonella outbreak that sickened nine people in New Jersey has been traced to ShopRite stores, officials said. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), all of the people who remembered the type of ground beef they ate and where they bought it reported eating 80% lean ground beef purchased from ShopRite locations in CT, NJ, and NY, prior to getting sick. Nine cases were reported in New Jersey; five in New York; one in Connecticut; and one in Massachusetts. Ground beef is the only common food people reported eating, the CDC said. Investigators are working to identify the s…
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Restaurants, Stores Joining New ShopRite in North Jersey
A host of new retailers are coming to the Maple Avenue Plaza in Fair Lawn. The shopping center is experiencing a retail boom since a new ShopRite opened there on Friday, June 16. Joining ShopRite will be a Buffalo Wild Wings, an AT & T store, Bubbakoo's Burritos and Eden's Nails said Curtis Nassau, executive vice president at Ripco Real Estate, which represents the landlord at Maple Plaza. "It's very exciting, but it's not surprising," Nassau said. "ShopRite is a terrific anchor that brings in thousands of customers daily. For any of the smaller tenants, being next to them is…
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New ShopRite Opens In North Jersey
Grocery shoppers have another supermarket to try in Bergen County. A ShopRite opened in Fair Lawn at 22-00 Maple Ave. in the Maple Avenue Plaza on Friday, June 16. The supermarket offers a bakery, a café, a meat department and a wellness department staffed with a dietician. The 72,000-square foot ShopRite is run by Inserra Supermarkets, which operates 22 ShopRites and two Price Rite Marketplaces in North Jersey and Rockland County. The store replaces the previous Shop Rite in Fair Lawn at River Road which closed on Thursday, June 15.
Obituaries
Sussex County Native Kristen Wargacki Dies, 36
Sussex County native Kristen Wargackie died on Sunday, Feb. 26. She was 36 years old. A Vernon native, Kristen worked at ShopRite in Franklin for many years and at the Mixing Bowl Restaurant, where she amassed countless friends, according to her obituary. She had been living in Warwick, NY at the time of her death, her obituary says. Services were private. Click here for Kristen Wargacki's complete obituary from the Pinkel Funeral Home.
Police & Fire
Police Make Toast Of 51-Package Bacon Thief Scrambling Escape With Cocaine: Hoboken PD
A Jersey City man found tried stealing 51 packages of bacon valued at more than $259 from a Hoboken ShopRite store, until police caught him scrambling outside of the store with cocaine, authorities said. George Xenakis, 33, was stopped just outside of the Madison Street ShopRite store by Hoboken officers responding to reports of a shoplifter on Feb. 20, city police said. Xenakis had dropped all the items and left, but a loss prevention officer provided police with Xenakis' laundry bag containing the meat strips. During a search incident to arrest, officers found a small clear glass vial wi…
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: YouTube Video Shows Rapper Assaulting Bergen Shop Rite Worker, Harassing Customers
One way to pretty much guarantee you'll be arrested is to record a crime and post it on YouTube -- in high def, no less. Just ask drill music rapper Nas Ebk. Nasir Valenzuela, who has produced prank videos that push the limits of legality, joined two accomplices in harassing and intimidating customers and employees at the ShopRite in Rochelle Park while recording it. Some of their targets laughed it off. At least one seemed intimidated. Others simply ignored them. One worker, in particular, wasn't having it, though. The video shows Valenzuela, 19, of the Bronx, snatching the stock cler…
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: Busted Morris County Shoplifter Slams Officer With Car During Getaway Attempt
A 19-year-old woman busted for shoplifting in Morris County was charged with assault by auto for hitting an officer with her car during her getaway attempt, authorities said Monday. Kalani Hill, of Vauxhall, fled the scene after she was seen shoplifting from ShopRite in Hanover on Friday, Dec. 9, police said. Hill was then found by Florham Park Police, who stopped her to investigate further. The follow-up investigation found that Hill had been seen shoplifting — but as she was confronted by loss prevention, she fled, “striking the loss prevention officer in the leg with her vehicle,” accor…
Lifestyle
‘Praying For a Miracle:’ Homeless Flemington Man With Disability Prompts Wave Of Local Support
The Flemington community is coming together to support Joe, a beloved disabled man who is homeless for the holidays. Joe, who has a disability and uses a wheelchair, is homeless and until recently has been staying in the Marshall’s/ShopRite center in Flemington, according to a GoFundMe launched for his housing support. Joe will be staying at a room at the local Ramada hotel until after Christmas due to the more than $4,400 in donations the campaign has received, a recent update says. However, he still has not secured more permanent housing. “We have been in touch with social services, cal…
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