Retail
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Wawa chain taking over the East Coast
Most family businesses don’t survive the third generation, yet Dick Wood, semi-retired chairman of the Wawa convenience store chain, is comfortably watching his multi-generation company thrive. Wood kept Wawa private, but also started handing it off to non-family leaders more than a decade ago, betting the best way to ensure Wawa’s future was to separate…
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Upper Merion Farmers’ Market opens for 9th season
Local foodies and the health-conscious crowd will all be happy to know that one of the area’s most popular outdoor farmers markets is now open for its ninth season with the customary array of farm-fresh goods and sustainable products. “We kept all the good stuff from last year and added more good stuff, so this…
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AR Workshop in New Hanover offers DIY home decorating
A friendship and a shared interest in crafts and DIY — do it yourself — has resulted in a new business. AR Workshop is a new franchise business owned by Michelle Shilling and Kelly Elliott. The business, located at 1810 Swamp Pike, Suite 200, in New Hanover, will officially open on Saturday, May 19, with an…
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Amazon offering new Whole Foods discounts for Prime shoppers
Amazon is offering Prime members an additional 10 percent discount at Whole Foods Markets, part of a broadening plan to use discounts to increase shoppers. Amazon said Wednesday that it was launching the discount at Florida Whole Foods stores and plans to expand the discount to all Whole Foods stories in the country this summer, writes Greg Lamm in…
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Amazon to give Prime members extra discounts at Whole Foods
Amazon is turning its Prime membership into a Whole Foods loyalty program that could drive more people to its stores. The benefits started Wednesday at stores in Florida and will expand nationwide this summer as Prime members get an additional 10 percent off sale items and exclusive deals on certain groceries, writes Joseph Pisani at…
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Acme to close King of Prussia, Lansdale stores
The Acme supermarket chain has announced it will shutter three of its stores, including two in Montgomery County. The closings will affect 240 employees. The company will shutter its stores at DeKalb Plaza at 320 W. DeKalb Pike in King of Prussia, affecting 75 employees; 1150 Welsh Road in Lansdale, with 80 employees are located;…
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Zoës Kitchen enhances ZK Rewards Loyalty Program
Zoës Kitchen, a fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant group, announced today enhancements to ZK Rewards, its omnichannel loyalty program that launched late 2017. In recognition of the company’s iconic stripes used as part of its brand identity, the loyalty program will now comprise of a points-based program that gives guests the chance to earn “ZK Stripes.” Guests…
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Pottstown Farmers Market gets a makeover
A group of local investors that includes a downtown restaurateur, has purchased the Pottstown Farmers Market, 300 E. High St. The market will be open Friday and Saturday this week from 12 to 7 p.m., with the same hours for Friday May 4 and Saturday May 5. Normal hours begin May 10, when the market will…
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Pottstown Farmers market reopens with a new look
The new Pottstown Farmers Market held a “soft opening” Friday following its purchase and renovation by a group of investors that includes a downtown restaurateur. Work was still going on Wednesday as vendors started to bring their products and contractors continued their prep work, writes Donna Rovins at pottsmerc.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Adam Burke is one…
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New Car Vision Mitsubishi dealer climbs to 10th in nation after just two months
By George Polgar After more than 20 years as one of the region’s most successful and innovative pre-owned car dealerships, Car Vision.com is taking on Mitsubishi as its first new car franchise. The main dealership location at 2626 Ridge Pike, Norristown, will now be known as Car Vision Mitsubishi. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Car Vision.com has made a major impact on…
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Apartment, retail development planned for Willow Grove
Station at Willow Grove, a planned development with 275 apartment units and 30,000 square feet of commercial and retail space, took a step closer to reality recently with the sale of five properties totaling 6 acres. CBRE announced Tuesday it has successfully arranged for the sale of the properties to J.G. Petrucci Company Inc. for an…
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Greenleaf at Cheltenham celebrates grand opening
Metro Commercial Real Estate Inc. has announced the grand opening of Greenleaf at Cheltenham, a 429,617-square-foot, open-air retail shopping center in the former Cheltenham Mall. [uam_ad id=”54865″] The revitalization Cheltenham Mall is the vision of Sun Equity Partners, whose goal was to breathe life back into the longstanding shopping destination and reposition it as a…
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Food Hall concept coming to a suburb near you
Shopping mall owners used to believe that food courts were an amenity for customers who came out to see the stores. That wisdom now seems to have been stood on its head, writes Jon Banister at bisnow.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] A new report from Cushman & Wakefield projects the food hall market will nearly triple in size…
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Ikea sees the virtual writing on the wall
Ikea, with U.S. corporate headquarters in Conshohocken, is looking at a number of ways to enhance the digital experience for its visitors, including virtual reality. Ikea is the biggest furniture retailer in the world–a title that the company has managed to hold on to, amazingly, without a serious digital presence. In the age of free…
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East Norriton pharmacy offers a small-town touch
Christopher Pino, a former big box pharmacist, opened Small Town Pharmacy 2 to offer more personalized healthcare for customers. The business recently opened its doors recently on the corner of Swede Road and Germantown Pike in East Norriton, writes Gary Puleo at delconewsnetwork.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] As one independent pharmacy after another has been shuttered in recent…
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Another major renovation set for King of Prussia Mall
Just three years after after the completion of a $150 million redevelopment that connected two parts of the King of Prussia Mall, the shopping mecca is due for yet another multimillion-dollar facelift. This time around, Simon Property Group will renovate the interior of what many had known for decades as the Plaza section of the mall, writes…
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Demolition continues at future site of Royal Farms in Norristown
Demolition is continuing this week at Norristown Centre, Markley Street, to make room for the long-awaited Royal Farms convenience store. The convenience-store chain, based in Baltimore, is coming to Norristown as part of its further expansion in Pennsylvania, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. [uam_ad id=”54865″] The chain is building a new store…
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Kimberton Whole Foods opens in Collegeville
Kimberton Whole Foods recently opened of a new store at 222 E. Main St. in Collegeville, Pa., its first in just over three years. To the surprise of Terry Brett, who established the grocery chain 32 years ago with his wife, and other employees, shoppers actually showed up and in a good number, despite the late…
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