ShopRite to open in Lower Makefield, PA

Nearly three years after Super Fresh closed its doors at Oxford Oaks Shopping Center in Lower Makefield, PA (Bucks County), ShopRite announced that it will gut and renovate the 57,000 square foot space and open later this year.

ShopRite of Hunterdon County, which operates three stores in New Jersey, will own and operate the new store, and has plans for a fifth store in Bethlehem.

According to ShopRite of Hunterdon County President Joe Colallilo, the Lower Makfield store will offer "ShopRite From Home," a fee service that allows customers to order online and pick up their groceries at the store or have them delivered.

McCaffrey's to acquire Genuardi's in Newtown, PA

On Monday I referenced a Food Trade News story that said the Newtown, PA Genuardi's will be acquired by an independent operator rather than by Giant, as previously planned. Yesterday it was announced that the independent operator is actually McCaffrey's Market, which operates stores in nearby Lower Makefield, PA as well as East Windsor and Princeton, NJ.

Giant, which announced in January that it was planning to acquire 16 Genuardi's stores, was forced to give up the Newtown location by the Federal Trade Commission, due to its nearby store in Middletown Township.

According to McCaffrey's, the store will retain Genuardi's 103 employees and hire an additional 40-50 workers. In addition, the store will be remodeled over a four-to-five month period to transform it into a typical McCaffrey's market.