
Wegmans Makes Connecticut Debut With 92,000 Square Foot Store In Norwalk
The new store faces stiff suburban competition led by Stew Leonard's and Cingari's ShopRite.

Jeff Metzger
Taking Stock
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- NYC-owned grocery stores? The joke would be on the taxpayers.
- Douglas’s recent ‘rah-rah’ UNFI Q4 webcast disingenuous in light of cyberattack.
- Get ready for a battle of the heavyweights as Wegmans opens in Norwalk, CT.

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Soup to Nutz
Summer Fancy Food Show Highlights Included Debut District, SFA Trendspotter Panel

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Cingari Family Markets Named ‘Business Of The Year’ By Fairfield Chamber

Terri Maloney
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Wegmans Debuts To Big Fanfare in Rockville, MD

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Drug Ads May Be Nixed

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PFMA Closes Out A Summer Of Progress As It Gears Up For Fall

JOH Promotes McFadden, SJU Students Get Scholarships
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Harris Teeter To Shut 4 DC-Area Stores As Part Of 60 Kroger Closings
The closings are part of 60 underperforming stores the large merchant announced it would shutter over the next 18 months.

ShopRite Remains King, TGC Passes Stoppie In $123 Billion Marketing Area
2025 Food Trade News Market Study Recap
Overstoring, economic worries impact sales for most retailers in the 52-week period from April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025.

Former Acme Markets, Saker ShopRite and Zallie Executive Bob Spires Dies At Age 71
The long-time industry executive is survived by his wife Judy Spires, also a former food industry executive with Acme Markets and Kings Food Markets.

Walmart Passes Giant For Lead In Competitive, Overstored Market
2025 Food World Market Study Recap
Aldi, Costco, Wawa among the few gainers in the $63 billion Mid-Atlantic market as consumer spending was light and overstoring continued to make significant sales gains difficult.

Food World, Food Trade News To Expand Coverage Into Florida
Incentive for expansion to the state was in part due to the link to the market of many Metro New York Hispanic retailers who have family members operating stores there.

The Party’s Over For Rite Aid As PA Drug Chain Starts Liquidation
CVS, Walgreens, Kroger, Giant Eagle, Albertsons and Weis Markets have acquired prescription lists, with more expected as chain continues to close and sell off store base.