Last updated on October 7th, 2015 at 02:11 pm
Supermarket News In Brief…
The fourth Wegmans store in Massachusetts, at 169 University Avenue (near I-95) in Westwood, is opening its doors to the public at 7 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11. The 122,000-s.f. store is staffed by 550 employees and has an offering of 70,000 products. Much of the store is built with an open-market feel and includes a Market Cafe with indoor and outdoor seating for nearly 300 people. Within the store is a Wegmans Wine & Beer Shop, which has more than 700 varieties of domestic and imported beer. The Westwood store also includes a pharmacy. Dave Orlovsky, a 25-year Wegmans veteran, will manage the store…
Tops Friendly Markets has named John Persons its president and COO, while Frank Curci will continue to serve as the company’s CEO and board chairman. Persons has worked at Tops for 30 years, most recently as EVP of sales, marketing and merchandising…
A&P continues the auction this week of 82 stores after concluding the sale of 95 stores to Stop & Shop, Acme Markets and Key Foods. Other food companies interested in the auction to date include C&S Wholesale Grocers, Wakefern, Key Foods, Best Yet Market, Food Partners, Gristedes, H Mart, King Kullen, Met Foods, Morton William, Food Bazaar and Shang Hai Enterprises.
