STEW LEONARD’S TO BEGIN SELLING CONNECTICUT LOTTERY TICKETS

NORWALK, Conn., May 19, 2011 – Farm fresh food grocer Stew Leonard’s will start selling CT Lottery tickets in Norwalk, Danbury and Newington, Conn. beginning May 19. Mega Millions, Powerball, and Classic Lotto tickets will be available for purchase, in addition to 31 varieties of scratch games. 

The decision to begin selling CT Lottery tickets is the result of decades of customer demand. “Our customers have been asking us for years to sell lottery tickets, but we were always concerned that it would cause long lines at check out,” said Stew Leonard Jr, President and CEO of Stew Leonard’s. “Now, because of the advances in technology, we’ll be able to sell tickets quickly at our customer service desk without impacting customers buying their groceries in the checkout lines.”

CT Lottery will train Stew Leonard’s Team Members on how to activate and deactivate lottery tickets, operate the ticket buying terminal and also provide educational information regarding the state’s rules and regulations surrounding lottery sales. 

Tickets will cost between $1 and $30 and will be available for purchase by customers age 18 and over at Stew Leonard’s new Lotto Barn, located at each stores’ customer service desk.

About Stew Leonard’s
Stew Leonard’s, a family-owned and operated fresh food store founded in 1969, has four stores in Norwalk, Danbury, and Newington, Conn. and Yonkers, N.Y.  Stew’s earned its nickname, the “Disneyland of dairy stores” because of its country-fair atmosphere, with costumed characters and animated entertainment throughout the store that keep children entertained while parents shop.  Stew Leonard’s legion of loyal shoppers is largely due to the stores’ passionate approach to customer service: “Rule #1 -- The Customer is Always Right”; Rule #2 – If the Customer is Ever Wrong, Re-Read Rule #1.”  This principle is so essential to the foundation of the company that it is etched in a three-ton granite rock at each store’s entrance.   The company’s culture is built around an acronym for S.T.E.W.: Satisfy the customer; Teamwork gets it done; Excellence makes it better; WOW makes it fun.  For more information, visit Stew Leonard’s website at www.stewleonards.com.