McCaffrey's Market, with stores in Pennsylvania (Yardley, Newtown) and New Jersey (Princeton, West Windsor), is now selling produce "that's just about as local as you can get," according to company officials.
Produce is bring grown hydronically by New York-based BrightFarms in a newly constructed, 50,000 square foot greenhouse down the road from one of McCaffrey's stores.
"We're going to be getting baby romaine, baby kale, spring mix and baby arugula," according to the company's produce buyer. The packages, filled at the greenhouse, will bear a sticker indicating the product was grown locally for McCaffrey's.
Later harvests will yield additional varieties of produce.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
More on the McCaffrey's-Giant-Genuardi's deal...
Although I already wrote about McCaffrey's deal with Giant to take the Genuardi's space in Newtown, PA (McCaffrey's to acquire Genuardi's in Newtown, PA), Maria Panaritis' story in today's Philadelphia Inquirer sheds more light on the deal.
Philadelphia Inquirer: In the end, a small supermarket chain gets its Genuardi's
Philadelphia Inquirer: In the end, a small supermarket chain gets its Genuardi's
Thursday, June 7, 2012
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.
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.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Weis Markets to close on 3 Genuardi's stores next week
I've written before about Giant's plan to take over 16 Genuardi's stores (The Genuardi's list - sold, closing and still for sale...) and Weis Markets' acquisition of three Genuardi's locations (Weis to buy three PA Genuardi's stores), but not much has been said about when all these changes will take place.
One of the first actual dates I've seen (thanks to the May issue of Food Trade News) is June 11, when Weis Markets plans to close on the Conshohocken, Doylestown and Norristown stores. According to the report, the refurbished units should reopen within a week.
In the last couple months I have also heard that the Federal Trade Commission won't allow Giant to open all 16 of the stores it originally planned to acquire from Genuardi's. And last week I read in the same Food Trade News issue referenced above that Giant will get 15 stores, with the Newtown, PA location going to an independent operator.
One of the first actual dates I've seen (thanks to the May issue of Food Trade News) is June 11, when Weis Markets plans to close on the Conshohocken, Doylestown and Norristown stores. According to the report, the refurbished units should reopen within a week.
In the last couple months I have also heard that the Federal Trade Commission won't allow Giant to open all 16 of the stores it originally planned to acquire from Genuardi's. And last week I read in the same Food Trade News issue referenced above that Giant will get 15 stores, with the Newtown, PA location going to an independent operator.
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