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October 17, 2022:  Party Pieces – the iconic British party supplies company founded by Carole Middleton in 1987 – has launched its beautifully branded partyware collection at Saker ShopRite stores in New Jersey. This marks the brand’s first retail partnership outside of the United Kingdom and is the beginning of larger expansion plans in the United States.
 
The brand’s best-selling Party Pieces Collection features a variety of themed product ranges for children and adults, which includes plates, napkins, cups, hats, balloons, treat stands, table runners and decorations. Hosts and party planners will find uniquely themed party and tableware, with themes such as A Very English Rose, Shooting Star, and Dino the Explorer, that take into account what makes celebrations memorable and share the spirit of entertaining. The show-stopping partyware delivers a celebratory wow factor for guests which includes reusable and recyclable additions, and now these party items are available for the first time on U.S. shelves at select ShopRite stores in New Jersey.
 
This next phase of expansion for Party Pieces will make the products available for the first time in retail in the U.S. at 39 Saker ShopRite stores in New Jersey in Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, Middlesex, Mercer and Somerset counties. It comes only a year after a successful e-commerce launch in the UK, which saw Party Pieces Collection quickly become best-selling ranges for the brand.
 
“It’s very exciting to see our Party Pieces Collection expanding into the U.S. starting with Saker ShopRites, a leading retailer in New Jersey and family-owned business with a long history of commitment to the customers and communities its stores serve. This is the culmination of great teamwork, and we’re happy to partner with Saker ShopRites for our initial launch,” said Carole Middleton, Founder of Party Pieces, who recently visited Saker ShopRite stores in Aberdeen, Hazlet, Middletown and Shrewsbury as part of the U.S. launch. 
 
“We are thrilled to be the first U.S. retail partner for British heritage brand Party Pieces. We know our customers are coming together again to mark special occasions in their lives and they want to make their parties spectacular. We’re sure our customers will enjoy celebrating memorable moments with these fantastic new lines from Party Pieces,” added Richard Saker, president and CEO of Saker ShopRites, Inc.
 

“We’re excited about the Party Pieces launch at Saker ShopRites in New Jersey, and are confident the line’s imaginative party decor and themes will resonate with customers. We also think shoppers will appreciate the convenience of being able to purchase Party Pieces’ distinctive items at ShopRite, and plan to introduce the line at other ShopRite locations in the coming months,” said Pat Mooney, Vice President, Health & Beauty Care and Non Foods at Wakefern Food Corp., the retailer-owned cooperative that serves as the logistics, distribution and merchandising arm for ShopRite stores.
 
The Party Pieces Collection is available at https://www.chasing-fireflies.com in the US in addition to select Saker ShopRite stores in New Jersey and independent specialty shops. For more information on retailing Party Pieces Collection, email trade@partypieces.co.uk.  
 

Saker ShopRites, Inc. owns and operates 39 ShopRite supermarkets, 30 pharmacies, and Dearborn Market and Garden Center in New Jersey. The fourth and fifth generation family-owned company employs over 9,000 associates and is the largest member of Wakefern Food Corp., which is the largest retailer-owned supermarket cooperative in the United States. Saker ShopRites maintains a century-long family tradition of giving back to the communities in which its stores are located. Over 1,300 Central Jersey organizations have benefited from the company’s charitable donations, including the Joan Dancy & PALS Foundation. Saker ShopRites also supports ShopRite Partners In Caring, ShopRite’s year-round hunger-fighting initiative.
 
 
About Party Pieces:
Party Pieces is a premium partyware company based in the United Kingdom, founded by Carole Middleton. The company discovers, designs, and curates the best party supplies from around the world to provide customers with an unrivaled range of imaginative products that transform any location into a beautiful celebration.
 
About ShopRite:
ShopRite is the registered trademark of Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative based in Keasbey, NJ, and the largest supermarket cooperative in the United States. With hundreds of ShopRite supermarkets located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves millions of customers each week. Through its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, ShopRite is dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities it serves. Since the program began in 1999, ShopRite Partners In Caring has donated nearly $62 million to food banks that support more than 2,200 worthy charities. As a title sponsor of the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, ShopRite has donated $37 million to local organizations, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.shoprite.com.
 

Bloomfield, NJ (November 14, 2022) – The newly renovated Brookdale ShopRite today hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to debut an EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO) (EVgo) electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station at its 1409 Broad Street parking lot in Bloomfield, NJ.
 

This EVgo charging station features charging from 100kW up to 350kW and can serve four vehicles simultaneously. The station was supported with funding through the PSE&G Electric Vehicle Charging Program, which is designed to support the deployment of EV chargers for a range of customers. This latest launch is part of a push to install and offer charging stations in communities where ShopRite stores operate. EVgo is one of the nation’s largest public fast charging networks for EVs and is powered by 100% renewable energy.

“We are excited to work with EVgo to unveil this new charging station for our ShopRite customers and the people of Bloomfield,” said Neil Greenstein, a third-generation grocer and owner and operator of Brookdale ShopRite. “We recently completed an extensive renovation of the Brookdale store, and the next step was providing a fast electric vehicle charging station in our parking lot. At ShopRite, we are always looking for ways to provide the best possible shopping experience for our customers, and making it easier for people to charge their electric vehicles is part of that commitment.”

A family-owned business that has served the local community for more than 50 years, Brookdale ShopRite completed an extensive remodel earlier this year that included storewide upgrades, new departments and fresh food offerings, and the installation of new energy efficient LED lighting and refrigerated cases.

The new EVgo charging station outside the store complements all the great work inside the store and is available to both customers shopping in-store and people in the community.

Greenstein was joined at the ribbon cutting by community leaders and guests, including Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, Bloomfield Mayor Michael J. Venezia, Essex County Commissioner VP Carlos Pomares and Councilman Nicholas Joanow.

“EVgo builds charging stations in convenient locations where drivers can charge their EV while completing their everyday activities, like going to the grocery store,” said Stacy Huston, Director of Portfolio Accounts at EVgo. “As more drivers transition to electric vehicles, EVgo is excited to expand partnerships with site hosts like Brookdale ShopRite to increase access to EV charging and build more infrastructure in communities in New Jersey and beyond.”

ShopRite has supported sustainability efforts – both in stores and communities – for more than four decades and plans to add more electric vehicle charging stations to its stores, enabling additional drivers to go electric with convenient access to public charging. Wakefern Food Corp., the logistics, distribution and merchandising arm of ShopRite, is working with Wakefern Members and stores to identify locations for new charging stations.

“Wakefern’s electric vehicle charging initiative is important to the cooperative and our supermarket banners. This is an ambitious effort to work with providers to bring this critical infrastructure to many of our stores and communities,” said Andrew Pittel, manager of real estate at Wakefern.

 

EVgo fast charging stations are compatible with all fast-charge capable EV models currently on the market such as the Chevrolet Bolt EV, GMC Hummer EV, Kia EV6, the Nissan LEAF and more. EV drivers can easily initiate a fast charging session on the network with the EVgo app, EVgo program card (RFID card), EVgo Autocharge+ or credit card. In addition, all drivers with an EVgo account can earn points toward a charging credit through EVgo Rewards™.

 

The EVgo network has more than 850 public fast charging locations and serves over 60 metropolitan areas across more than 30 states, including nearly 20 EVgo fast charging locations across the Garden State. New Jersey is a leader in electric vehicle adoption on the East Coast, and public EV fast charging stations are important to helping the state reach its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030.

 

 

About ShopRite

ShopRite is the registered trademark of Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative based in Keasbey, NJ, and the largest supermarket cooperative in the United States. With hundreds of supermarkets located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves millions of customers each week. Through its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, ShopRite is dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities it serves. Since the program began in 1999, ShopRite Partners In Caring has donated nearly $62 million to food banks that support more than 2,200 worthy charities. As a title sponsor of the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, ShopRite has donated more than $35 million to local organizations, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.shoprite.com.

 

About EVgo 

EVgo (Nasdaq: EVGO) is a leader in charging solutions, building and operating the infrastructure and tools needed to expedite the mass adoption of electric vehicles for individual drivers, rideshare and commercial fleets, and businesses. Since its founding in 2010, EVgo has led the way to a cleaner transportation future and its network has been powered by 100% renewable energy since 2019 through renewable energy certificates. As one of the nation’s largest public fast charging networks, EVgo’s owned and operated charging network features over 850 fast charging locations – currently serving over 60 metropolitan areas across more than 30 states – and continues to add more DC fast charging locations through EVgo eXtend™, its white label service offering. EVgo is accelerating transportation electrification through partnerships with automakers, fleet and rideshare operators, retail hosts such as grocery stores, shopping centers, and gas stations, policy leaders, and other organizations. With a rapidly growing network, robust software products and unique service offerings for drivers and partners including EVgo Optima™, EVgo Inside™, EVgo Rewards™, and Autocharge+, EVgo enables world-class charging experience where drivers live, work, travel and play.  

 

 

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ShopRite announced that its 14^th annual Veterans Fundraising Campaign at 36 stores in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania raised a total of $700,966 to benefit local veterans organizations. More than $7 million has been raised since the campaign’s inception.

“We’re proud to announce that our annual campaign raised more than $700,000 to benefit local veterans and their families,” said Steve Savas, president, ShopRite Supermarkets (SRS), Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned supermarket cooperative in the United States with hundreds of ShopRite supermarkets located throughout six states. “During this season of giving we would like to extend a sincere thank you to our generous customers, associates and vendors who give back each year to support our veterans campaign. This initiative is close to our hearts and it’s our way to recognize the important sacrifices our veterans have made.”

To support the initiative, the 36 ShopRite stores operated by SRS throughout the Hudson Valley and Capital Region in New York, along with three New Jersey stores, and one in Pennsylvania, collected donations and organized fundraising events including raffles, barbecues, bingo events and more, with all proceeds from each event directly benefitting veterans organizations.

The top five fundraising stores include: ShopRite of Carmel, ShopRite of Croton, ShopRite of Chester, ShopRite of Fishkill and ShopRite of Westfall Town Center. Raising more than $54,000 this year, ShopRite of Carmel and staff were honored with a dedicated flag at Putnam County’s Row of Honor on Veterans Day. The $700,000 raised during the entire campaign will be divided among local veterans organizations including the Committee for Families of War Veterans, Hudson Valley Honor Flight, Orange County Veterans Food Pantry, Montrose Food Pantry, Vet2Vet, My Brother Vinny and the Tri-County Council for Vietnam Era War Veterans.

The full list of ShopRite stores that contributed in the donation includes: in PA: ShopRite of Westfall Town Center; in NJ: ShopRite of Clark, ShopRite of Long Hill Plaza, and ShopRite of Spotswood; in NY: in Albany County: ShopRite of Albany, ShopRite of Colonie and ShopRite of Slingerlands; in Columbia County: ShopRite of Hudson; in Dutchess County: ShopRite of Fishkill, ShopRite of Lagrangeville, ShopRite of North Rd. & Winslow Gate Rd. and ShopRite of Poughkeepsie; in Orange County:  ShopRite of Chester, ShopRite of Dolson Ave., ShopRite of Wallkill in Middletown, ShopRite of Monroe, ShopRite of Montgomery, ShopRite of Vails Gate, and ShopRite of Warwick; in Putnam County: ShopRite of Carmel; in Rensselaer County: ShopRite of North Greenbush; in Schenectady County:  ShopRite of Niskayuna; in Sullivan County: ShopRite of Liberty, ShopRite of Monticello; in Ulster County: ShopRite of Ellenville, ShopRite of Kingston, and ShopRite of New Paltz;  in Westchester County: ShopRite of Bedford, ShopRite of Cortlandt, ShopRite of Croton, ShopRite of New Rochelle, ShopRite of Scarsdale, ShopRite of Thornwood, ShopRite of Greenway Plaza, ShopRite of Tuckahoe Rd. in Yonkers and ShopRite of White Plains.

 

Huntington, NY (December 12, 2022) – ShopRite cut the ribbon Sunday on a new 65,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art supermarket, the ShopRite of Huntington Commons in Huntington, NY.
 
Located in the Huntington Commons shopping center at 839 New York Ave., the full-service ShopRite store is owned and operated by the Greenfield family, third- and fourth- generation grocers who own five other ShopRites on Long Island. The family’s newest store offers a kosher bakery, prepared foods department with restaurant-quality meals, and a large selection of fresh produce, organic, gluten-free and local products at ShopRite’s everyday low prices.
 
 “We are proud to open our latest ShopRite store in Huntington and excited to bring ShopRite value and quality foods and products to the community,” said Seth Greenfield, co-president of Greenfield’s ShopRite who operates the family’s ShopRite stores with his father, Jon. “Long Island is home to our longtime family business and we are grateful for the continued support from the community.”
 

Visitors to the store will find fresh bake and floral shops; a seafood department stocked with daily deliveries; meat department staffed with trained butchers, a fresh produce department, prepared meals and sushi station. The new ShopRite also includes a kosher bakery under the supervision of KOF-K Kosher Certification and an in-store Nuts Factory featuring a variety of specialty nuts and unique sweet treats.  

 

With an emphasis on reducing its eco-footprint, the store incorporates energy efficient refrigeration and LED lighting throughout. Customers will also find self-checkout lanes, wider aisles and freshly prepared meals, soups and sandwiches. The store is open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Those interested in applying for positions at the new store can visit the career opportunities section of ShopRite.com or visit the new store location. The store will employ approximately 250 full- and part-time associates.

 

About ShopRite

ShopRite is the registered trademark of Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative based in Keasbey, NJ, and the largest supermarket cooperative in the United States. With hundreds of supermarkets located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves millions of customers each week. Through its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, ShopRite is dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities it serves. Since the program began in 1999, ShopRite Partners In Caring has donated nearly $62 million to food banks that support more than 2,200 worthy charities. As a title sponsor of the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, ShopRite has donated more than $35 million to local organizations, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.shoprite.com.