Retail
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Small grocery store chains are a casualty of the grocery wars
At the Tops Market on Main Street recently, there was a “Mega Meat Sale” — buy one pork chop and get another free. There were specials on avocados, paper towels and fried fish. Craft beer shared shelf space in the brightly lit store with cases of Genesee, a local favorite. Tops was cutting prices even…
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Wawa looking to fill 5,000 positions in next three months
Wawa is looking to add 5,000 full- and part-time jobs over the next three months, writes Sam Wood for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The beloved convenience-store chain operates 790 stores in six states, and they are all looking for new employees. Wawa plans to open 25 new stores in the Mid-Atlantic market, the first of which…
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Amazon looks to Whole Foods for distribution hubs
Online retail giant Amazon is looking to invest in larger Whole Foods stores to serve as distribution points. There currently are three Whole Foods stores in Montco. Though the locations would be Whole Foods stores, they would also include storage facilities that would hold electronics, books and fitness gear from Amazon’s website, writes Lara O’Keefe…
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Spring House Whole Foods welcomed with open (reusable) shopping bags
By Sam Cummons Shoppers of Spring House, PA arrived en masse to celebrate the Grand Opening of Montco’s newest Whole Foods. The pristine, nearly 50,000 square foot store welcomed eager customers last week with reusable bags, unbeatable deals and samples from Whole Foods Team Members and local vendors, writes the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention…
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Wegmans gains a national ranking for corporate reputation
Wegmans Food Markets has been ranked No. 2 for corporate reputation among the 100 most visible companies, according to the 2018 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient (RQ) Study. Wegmans is a family-owned supermarket chain with 95 stores in the northeast and mid-Atlantic region — including three in Montgomery County — North Wales, Collegeville and King of…
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Toys R Us getting ready to clear the playing field
Iconic toy retailer Toys R Us is moving toward the closure of its U.S. operations. The closing of the company’s 735 stores will impact an estimated 30,000 employees nationwide and bring an end to a chain known to generations of children and their parents. In Pennsylvania, the company operates 55 Toys R Us and Babies…
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Tech Talk: Digital demand for groceries driving cold storage space needs
Online grocery shopping is growing at such a rapid pace that demand for cold storage is growing faster than fully fertilized row of corn. The digital demand for delivery has nearly every major player in the space looking for locations across the country. In response to a booming online grocery market, Walmart (with 11 locations in Montgomery County)…
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Toys R Us succumbs to crushing debt, announces shutdown
After announcing in January they would be closing 180 stores nationwide, leaving open the King of Prussia location, Toys R Us is now shutting down every one of its locations. With debt hitting the $5 billion mark and giants like Amazon and Walmart gaining even more momentum, Toys R Us will close 180 stores in…
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Claire’s inches toward bankruptcy while trying to increase visibility
The accessories magnet Claire’s Boutique, with locations in King of Prussia, Plymouth Meeting and Montgomeryville, is working to combat its $2 billion debt by stepping up its visibility in shopping malls, according to Bloomberg reports. While Claire’s has made efforts to rebrand, the initiative has done little to lower its debt load, which is more than 10…
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From CHESCO: Cookie Dope Lets Your Imagination Run Wild at New Store in West Chester
Cookie Dope, the new cookie dough shop in downtown West Chester, has been enjoying great success since it opened just over a month ago, writes Olivia Bortner for The Quad. The shop is owned by Preston Neidermyer, who drew from his previous experience working with frozen yogurt to create his own cookie dough recipes. Inside…
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Acme Markets giving restocking coupons to those without power
All ACME Markets stores throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Maryland will offer a special 5 percent coupon to customers who were impacted by the recent winter storms through March 11, according to a submitted press release. Recognizing how much Winter Storms Riley and Quinn have significantly affected ACME Markets’ communities, the…
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Gangster Vegan Organics looking to double in size with new location
By Katie Kohler Gangster Vegan Organics is close to finalizing plans to move into the spot left vacant by neighboring Joe’s Seafood in West Norriton. At 1200 square ft. it would double the size of the current space of the store, which opened in 2014. Vincent DePaul, founder and owner of Gangster Vegan Organics, hopes…
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From Delco: Rapper Immortalizes Wawa Hoagie, Then Turns Vegan
His creative juices mixed with the irresistible flavors of a Wawa hoagie several months ago, and the end result is now a viral music video extolling the virtues of everything Wawa. But the irony of it all is that what Philly rapper Aaron Out has created, he can no longer enjoy. He switched to a…
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In wake of school shooting, Dick’s Sporting Goods will stop selling assault-style rifles
Thoughts and prayers just aren’t enough. At least not for Ed Stack, CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods. Stack announced that the retailer will stop selling assault-style rifles at all of its stores following the Parkland school shooting earlier this month that killed 17 students and adults. Dick’s (NYSE: DKS) will not sell firearms to anyone under…
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Rite Aid to be purchased by Acme owner
The owner of Acme, Safety and other grocery chains, Albertsons Cos., is buying Camp Hill-based Rite Aid Corp. despite being saddled with debt.The deal, which values Rite Aid equity at nearly $3 billion, would make Albertsons a public company, using Rite Aid’s New York Stock Exchange listing. . If the deal is approved by regulators…
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Members take ownership of Weavers Way
How does a relatively small business compete with the likes of Whole Foods, ACME, and some of the other grocery store giants? Weavers Way is one of the longest-running of Philadelphia-area food co-ops, launched in 1973 when neighbors in West Mount Airy formed a produce-buying club in a church basement. Soon after, they opened a store…
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Willow Grove institution, Mandarin Garden, closing its doors
A Willow Grove institution is closing after more than 30 years of serving the area with what was once a menu that locals were not familiar with. Open in 1985, the area soon became enamored of its offerings from the northern portion of China. Mandarin Garden is being sold to a real estate development company.…
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New eatery coming to former Stella Blu site
For those of you wandering around in the evenings looking for a place to get your grub on since Stella Blu closed its doors last month, you may not have to wait too long to find another hot spot popping up behind the doors to 101 Ford St. in West Conshohocken. A 4,240-square-foot building at…
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