ShopRite, Newark, NJ
The Newark ShopRite, as well as most ShopRite stores, now have full-time dietitians on-staff. Is this something that anyone has seen in other markets?
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The 70,000 sq. ft. ShopRite of Newark, NJ opened in the fall of 2015 in Newark's Central Ward. The Springfield Marketplace shopping center is located in what used to be a dense, urban neighborhood, but which was badly burned and damaged during the 1967 Newark riots and which has struggled to come back since.
In 1990, Pathmark opened a 45,000 sq. ft. supermarket and development has slowly proceeded since then. In 1993, Newark's biggest champion, Prudential Financial partnered with Loew's Cinemas to open a movie theater; next came The Home Depot, Duane Reade, and finally, a developer announced in 2012 that they were developing a new shopping center on this long vacant lot. Walmart signed on to open here, but citing the quality of jobs Walmart would bring to the city as the reason, the proposal was rejected. ShopRite stepped in and Neil Greenstein, whose family has owned a ShopRite in neighboring Bloomfield for 3 generations, signed on to build and operate a new ShopRite store.
Today, ShopRite, along with a Pathmark-turned-Acme are the only large chain grocery stores to operate in this city of 281,000 people, though there are many smaller markets. Whole Foods will open downtown later this year.
ShopRite, Newark, NJ
The Newark ShopRite, as well as most ShopRite stores, now have full-time dietitians on-staff. Is this something that anyone has seen in other markets?
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The 70,000 sq. ft. ShopRite of Newark, NJ opened in the fall of 2015 in Newark's Central Ward. The Springfield Marketplace shopping center is located in what used to be a dense, urban neighborhood, but which was badly burned and damaged during the 1967 Newark riots and which has struggled to come back since.
In 1990, Pathmark opened a 45,000 sq. ft. supermarket and development has slowly proceeded since then. In 1993, Newark's biggest champion, Prudential Financial partnered with Loew's Cinemas to open a movie theater; next came The Home Depot, Duane Reade, and finally, a developer announced in 2012 that they were developing a new shopping center on this long vacant lot. Walmart signed on to open here, but citing the quality of jobs Walmart would bring to the city as the reason, the proposal was rejected. ShopRite stepped in and Neil Greenstein, whose family has owned a ShopRite in neighboring Bloomfield for 3 generations, signed on to build and operate a new ShopRite store.
Today, ShopRite, along with a Pathmark-turned-Acme are the only large chain grocery stores to operate in this city of 281,000 people, though there are many smaller markets. Whole Foods will open downtown later this year.