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Hartford, CT
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Hertz Begins Selling Used Cars On Amazon: How It Works
A major rental car company is now selling used vehicles on Amazon. Hertz Car Sales officially joined the Amazon Autos platform on Wednesday, Aug. 20. The partnership gives shoppers the ability to browse, finance, and buy thousands of used cars, just like many other items on Amazon. The sales will start in four cities: Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Shoppers within 75 miles of those cities can immediately start browsing on Amazon. Hertz eventually plans to expand the program to 45 locations nationwide. "Our goal is to reimagine the car-buying experience and meet custo…
Mt. Kisco, NY
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Supermarket Game Changer? ShopRite Unveils Smart Carts At New Mount Kisco Location
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…
Jersey City, NJ
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Dunkin Celebrating Grand Reopening Of Jersey City Location
A Dunkin in Jersey City is celebrating its new facelift. Dunkin will be hosting a grand reopening celebration for its location at 725 State Route 440 on Thursday, Nov. 7. To celebrate the grand reopening, Dunkin’ is offering 100 days of free coffee to the first 100 Dunkin’ Rewards members in line at the location, beginning at 9 a.m. 100 days of free coffee recipients will receive a free medium hot or iced coffee for 100 consecutive days on the Dunkin’ app. To qualify, guests must be a Dunkin’ Rewards member or must sign up on the day of the event and will receive the promotiona…
New City, NY
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Electric Scooters Now Available For Hudson Valley Shoppers
Shoppers in the Hudson Valley who hate walking the mall or need help getting around will soon be able to rent an electric scooter or "Scoozer." Located in Rockland County at the Palisades Center in West Nyack, a four-story mall with 17 restaurants, a comedy club, and more, said the "Scoozer" program offers shoppers an innovative way to navigate the expansive center. Mall officials said Scoozer offers a fleet of two-seater electric scooters, enhancing accessibility and enabling guests to explore Palisades Center together. The scooters have two seats and cost $39 for a full shopping da…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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DeCicco & Sons Will Open New Store In Westchester
DeCicco & Sons will expand its footprint in with a new supermarket planned to open next summer in Westchester. The company announced that it will be opening its ninth location in Eastchester as soon as summer 2020. The newest store will be located at 777 White Plains Road, replacing the Acme Supermarket that recently announced it will be closing in the fall. In a statement, John DeCicco Jr., the CEO of DeCicco & Sons, said that, “we believe that our focus on quality and exceptional service will resonate strongly with the Eastchester community. We look forward to meeting our neighbor…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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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…
White Plains, NY
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DeCicco & Sons Eliminating Single-Use Plastic Bags
Plastic bags will soon be a relic of the past at a prominent group of food stores. DeCicco & Sons Markets announced that it will be fully eliminating the single-use plastic bags in all seven of their stores within the next seven days. They currently have locations in Ardsley, Armonk, Brewster, Harrison, Larchmont, Millwood and Pelham. An eighth location is in the works in Somers. “We’ve decided to take this step because we take very seriously the role that we have within our communities, and the responsibility we have to be good corporate citizens,” shared John DeCicco Jr., CEO of the…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Meet New Fair Lawn Meineke Owner; Youngest Yet At 31
Samuel Sa believes that each Meineke Car Care center is like the vehicles on its lifts. They are smooth and sleek at first glance, aesthetically pleasing and inviting. Lifting the hood on both the cars and the business reveals a complicated system with many working parts. The failure of just one part, on either the car or the business, can cause deterioration -- which over time will lead to a break down. When Sa first lifted the hood on his recently acquired shops in Fair Lawn, Passaic and Butler, he saw what amounted to a late-model car -- one that works but needs some attention. He wa…
Harrison, NY
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Most Will Buy Groceries Online By 2024, Report Says
Grocery lists, frozen food aisles and produce sections may soon be a thing of the past, according to a new report, which states that consumers are continuing a nationwide trend of going digital to purchase groceries. Food Marketing Institute is reporting that as many as 70 percent of consumers will be buying their groceries online as soon as 2024, with Americans spending as much as $100 billion - $850 per household - annually purchasing food over the Internet. Last year, FMI predicted that digital food retailing would reach saturation in the next decade, but “2017 was a year of disruption.”…
