STEW LEONARD’S NEWINGTON STORE FACT SHEET

ADDRESS:
3475 Berlin Turnpike
Newington, Connecticut 06111
Store phone: 860.760.8100

HOURS OF OPERATION:
8 A.M until 10:00 P.M., seven days a week

UNIQUE STORE FEATURES:

• Stew Leonard’s has one aisle that winds through the store’s 113,000 square feet
• 100 freshly-made, chef-prepared gourmet items on the buffet, which also feature best-selling family recipes from Mrs. Leonard
• 200 seat dining area
• 80 percent of the products sold in the store are fresh – that is, brought in daily from farms, ranches or piers or prepared directly in-store. Just some of the products Stew’s makes on the premises daily in front of the customers:
• Bagels, artisan breads, croissants, muffins, cakes and cookies in Bethy’s bakery
• Fresh mozzarella
• Hand-rolled sushi, fresh kettle soups, and brick oven pizza
• Fresh-squeezed juice and in-store roasted coffee
• Custom-cut and trimmed meat by expertly trained butchers
• Milk from Stew’s award-winning Ellington dairy farm
• Soft-serve ice cream made from cream from our dairy farm
• More than 100 free samples of best selling items and new products are demoed each week in every department.
• Eight state-of-the-art animatronics, including four new “shows” unique to the Newington store: Miss Diva Cheese, Bread Chimes, The Wonderful World of Milk and Three Chicks and a Rooster
• When a customer spends $100, the register “Moos” and the customer is rewarded with a free ice cream or cup of coffee.

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES:

• 420 Team Members, 60 percent of which are full-time
• Store received 3,000 applications
• Opening with 750 years of experience with 80 team members promoted from the other stores
• Starting salary is $8.50/hour and the average full time salary is $31,000/year
• 40 percent of the jobs are non-retail, many highly skilled

ECONOMIC BENEFIT:

• Stew’s payroll will be $15 million/year
• $200,000/year will be paid in local property taxes (est.)
• $1,500,000/year will be paid in Connecticut sales taxes
• $1,000,000/yr. will be spent locally for ongoing support services and supplies.
• $20 million/yr. in goods and services purchased from Connecticut businesses and supplies • $100,000/yr. in contributions to community organizations

CONSTRUCTION FACTS:

• Construction start: May 11, 2006
• Caldor building renovation costs: $15 million
• $1,500,000/year will be paid in Connecticut sales taxes
• Equipment costs: $5 million
• General contractors: Aurora Construction
• Engineers: Collective Design Associates and TEC Engineers
• Architects: Sullivan Architectural Group
• Landlord: Newington-Berlin Retail, LLC

MEDIA CONTACTS:

• Meghan Flynn mflynn@stewleonards.com 203.750.6106
• Jill Greenwood jgreenwood@stewleonards.com 203.750.6141