December 13, 2006
Sometimes, it takes fresh cows to make fresh milk
NORWALK, Conn., December 13, 2006 – Stew Leonard’s slogan, “you’d have to own a cow to
get fresher milk,” might be changed to “it takes fresh cows to make fresh milk,” after the dairy stores’
attempt to make a television advertisement at their dairy farm in Ellington, Conn., shows in a
tongue-in-cheek way that while they may make great milk, it’s not as easy to make a great commercial.
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December 6, 2006
Chanukah Celebration Kicks-Off Festival of Lights
NORWALK, Conn., December 6, 2006 – Stew Leonard’s celebrates Chanukah on Monday,
December 18 at the Norwalk store with a giant menorah lighting and party for family and
friends.State and local dignitaries will be on hand to help Rabbi Hecht, from Beth Israel
Synagogue of Westport/Norwalk lead the ceremonial lighting.
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November 24, 2006
Stew Leonard's Top 10 Mistakes To Avoid in Buying a Christmas Tree
NORWALK, Conn., November 24, 2006 – A recent poll of Stew Leonard’s customers revealed that 95 percent plan on buying a fresh Christmas
tree this year, and 74 percent plan on buying that tree during the first three weeks of December. Stew and our Christmas tree buyers recently
returned from a visit with our tree farmer in Sherbrook, Canada. During their visit, they came up with the top 10 mistakes people typically
make when buying a Christmas tree, and how to avoid them.
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November 16, 2006
Stew Leonard's Yonkers Store Hosts Alpaca Event
YONKERS, N.Y., November 16, 2006 – The historic hamlet of Waccabuc in northern Westchester County, N.Y., may not be where you would
expect to find an alpaca farm. But, a local resident and businesswoman (Dee DelBello) is doing just that –– raising and breeding these
gentle and extraordinary animals.
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November 13, 2006
Stew Leonard's invites community to celebrate the holiday spirit with annual tree lighting
DANBURY, Conn., November 13, 2006 – Stew Leonard’s Danbury store brings the season to life with their annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony,
featuring a tree donated by a local resident.
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November 13, 2006
Stew Leonard's invites community to celebrate the holiday spirit with annual tree lighting
NORWALK, Conn., November 13, 2006 – Stew Leonard’s Norwalk store brings the season to life with their annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony,
featuring a tree donated by a local resident.
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November 6, 2006
Stew Leonard's Gets White House Turkey
NORWALK, Conn., November 6, 2006 – This holiday, the same turkey that has been served to Presidents and their families for more than three decades is now available at all three Stew Leonard’s locations.
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October 19, 2006
Stew Leonard's Receives Lifetime Giving Award From the Hole in the Wall Gang
ASHFORD, CONN., October 19, 2006 – For the past 18 years, Chris Angione, the catering consultant at Stew Leonard’s Danbury store, has been quietly assembling a team consisting of more than 40 people to feed volunteers and 500 invited guests at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp’s annual gala. When Chris joined Stew Leonard’s nine years ago, Stew Leonard’s came onboard, donating the majority of the food, volunteers, and chefs to prepare and serve the food for the weekend-long, invitation-only event that takes place on September 15 – 17 on the campgrounds in Ashford, Connecticut.
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October 18, 2006
The Perfect Soup For The Halloween Holiday: Stew LEonard's Pumpkin-Sage Soup
Watch Chef Jeff Schack prepare pumpkin soup on News 12 Connecticut's "What's Cooking" show Saturday, October 28 and Sunday, October 29 at 8:00 A.M., 10:00 A.M., 2:00 P.M., 4:00 P.M., 7:30 P.M. and 10:30 P.M. Click here for recipe.
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September 26, 2006
Stew Leonard's Customers Ham It Up On The Food Network's Hit Show "Ham On The Street"
Shoppers in Stew Leonard’s Norwalk store had the opportunity to be featured in an episode of the Food Network show “Ham on the Street” which pairs food with comedy. Show host and chef, George Duran, asked customers to test their palates and see if they could detect which tomato sauce was freshly prepared or canned. The episode “Food in a Can” airs on Wednesday, October 4 at 10:30 P.M. on the Food Network.
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September 23, 2006
Celebrating the Traditional Foods of Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on Friday,
September 22 and Stew Leonard's has all the traditional holiday favorites freshly prepared by our
chefs.
Apples and pomegranates have special significance on this holiday. Stew Leonard's Chef Jeff Schack
will prepare his family recipe for Noodle Pudding with Apples and Pomegranate Seeds on News 12 Connecticut's
"What's Cooking" show this Saturday, September, 23 and Sunday,
September 24 at 8:00 A.M., 10:00 A.M., 2:00 P.M., 4:00 P.M., 7:30 P.M. and 10:30 P.M.
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September 15, 2006
Stew Leonard's Invites Customers to Lidia's Family Table Food and Wine Tasting Benefiting the Danbury Visiting Nurse Association
Award-winning restaurateur, cookbook author and star of her own Public Television
cooking show, Lidia Bastianich is the celebrated guest at Stew Leonard’s upcoming food and wine tasting, featuring
highly-rated Italian wines and recipes from Lidia’s newest cookbook, Lidia’s Family Table, which will be available
for purchase at the event for signing. The event takes place at Stew Leonard’s Danbury store’s upstairs conference
room on Wednesday, October 25 from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Stew Leonard’s is donating the food and wine,
so all proceeds from ticket sales can go to the Danbury Visiting Nurse Association.
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September 15, 2006
New Tricks And Treats In-Store At Stew Leonard's - Halloween Hayride Spooktacular
Stew Leonard’s annual Halloween Hayride Spooktacular is a 15-minute family-friendly hayride through
a pumpkin patch and into a “haunted” underground garage. New this year is a six-minute “Fright Light”
show – a choreographed musical light show where portions of a Halloween-themed scene illuminate to
the beat and tempo of a musical montage.
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September 8, 2006
Stew Leonard's Announces Farmer's Market Events
Stew Leonard’s is holding "It’s All Native" Farmer’s Market events at all three stores
during the month of September. Growers from family farms in Connecticut, New York and New
Jersey will be on hand to answer questions about how to select, prepare and appreciate food
that is grown locally.
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August 30, 2006
South Norwalk Branch Children's Library Renamed, “STEW LEONARD III CHILDREN’S LIBRARY”
NORWALK, Conn., August 30, 2006 – The Board of the Norwalk Public Library System, in recognition of
the major contribution made to the South Norwalk Branch Library’s 21st Century Fund by the Stew Leonard
III Children’s Charities foundation, unanimously approved naming the South Norwalk Branch children’s
library the “Stew Leonard III Children’s Library.”
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August 15, 2006
Stew Leonard's Rounds Up Steakhouse Premium Beef
NORWALK, Conn., August 15, 2006 – Stew Leonard’s has corralled top quality beef from
cattle raised on family-owned ranches in the Flint Hills of Kansas and branded it Stew Leonard’s
Steakhouse Premium Beef. Comparable in quality to steaks served at leading steakhouses, the premium
beef debuts in all three Stew Leonard’s locations (Norwalk and Danbury, Conn. and Yonkers, N.Y.) on
Wednesday, August 23.
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August 1, 2006
Stew Leonard's Hosts World Harmony Run
NORWALK, Conn., August 1, 2006 – Stew Leonard’s Norwalk store will host the World Harmony Run on Sunday,
August 13 at 3:30 P.M. The goodwill team has run through all 50 states and Stew Leonard’s is the last
stop before they hit their final destination: New York City.
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July 19, 2006
Get Your Last Licks This Ice Cream Month With Stew's New Dairy Fresh Premium Ice Cream
NORWALK, Conn., July 19, 2006 – Stew Leonard’s, a family-owned fresh food store in Norwalk and Danbury,
Connecticut and Yonkers, New York is introducing a new line of premium ice creams made with fresh cream
from the stores’ dairy in Ellington, Connecticut. The ice creams will debut during the last week of July
National Ice Cream Month; customers can try a free sample of any of the six flavors during sampling events
held on Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30 from 2:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. in the frozen ice cream section
of each store.
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July 12, 2006
Stew Leonard's Hatches Naked Chicken
NORWALK, Conn., July 12, 2006 – Customers are clucking about the 100 percent all-natural fresh chicken that
Stew Leonard’s has launched under the brand name “Naked Chicken.” The chickens are raised on family farms
in Pennsylvania’s Amish country, where they are fed a pure vegetarian diet of corn and soybeans, given ample
room “to streak” in the barn, and are never given antibiotics or hormones.
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June 22, 2006
Poland Spring's AquaPod™ Mobile Stops by Stew's
Visit Stew Leonard's Norwalk store, Wednesday, June 28 between 12:30 P.M. until 4:30 P.M. to participate
in the Blast of Fun event sponsored by The Poland Spring Aquapod™ Squad Mobile Tour. Kids can play
interactive games inside the giant "Aquapod Mobile," receive free samples of the new Poland Spring Brand
Aquapod™ Natural Spring Water and meet the Aquapod™ Squad of young athletes.
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June 14, 2006
Stew’s Wing King Offers Tips for Grilling Chicken Wings
Barbeque chicken wings are a right of passage during football season, but they also make great
finger food fare for summer backyard parties, in addition to traditional grilled staples like
hamburgers and hot dogs.
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June 16, 2006
Stew Leonard III Children's Charities Annual Golf Tournament Tops Million Dollar Mark
MIDDLEFIELD, Conn., June 16, 2006 – What started eleven years ago with 50 participants
raising $450.00 for water safety, has swelled to 300 golfers generating more than $140,000 at the annual
Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities golf tournament. The monies raised at this year’s tournament puts
the total dollars raised over the history of the charity golf tournament to above the one million dollar
mark.
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June 13, 2006
Grill at Calf Pasture Beach introduces weekend evening 'Catch of the Day' Dinners
Beginning this Friday, June 16, Stew Leonard’s Grill will offer "Catch of the Day" dinners featuring alfresco dining with
a gourmet chef preparing 'just caught' menu options, such as lobster, scallops and salmon. The “Catch of the Day" dinners
will be offered on Friday and Saturday nights from 6:00 P.M. through 9:00 P.M., and will continue every weekend until
September 15.
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June 13, 2006
Free Family Concert At Levitt Pavilion Reminds Children About The Importance Of Water Safety
In conjunction with the Levitt Pavilion’s summer promotion, “50 Free Nights of Entertainment,” the
Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities is sponsoring the Hall Family Singers for a free concert and
water safety event.
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May 31, 2006
Stew Leonard's Danbury Store Offers Fresh-Made Kettle-Style Potato Chips
NORWALK, Conn., May 31, 2006 -- Stew Leonard’s fresh foods market is
well known for their slogan "you’d have to own a cow to get fresher milk." The company’s
latest addition to their made-in-front-of-the-customer product offerings may prompt
a new slogan: "you’d have to go to a country fair to get fresher chips."
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May 11, 2006
Stew Leonard’s is "Moo"ving into Newington
NORWALK, Conn., March 27, 2006 -- Stew Leonard’s Newington store
will kick-off construction of their first new food store in seven years with a
celebratory ground breaking ceremony Thursday, May 11 at 10:00 A.M.
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March 27, 2006
Stew Leonard’s Helps Get Traffic "Moo"ving
NORWALK, Conn., March 27, 2006 -- Stew Leonard’s has signed up to
become a sponsor for the “Connecticut 2,000,000 Mile Rideshare Challenge,” agreeing
to provide free lunch or dinner to thousands of commuters who share rides to work,
to play or even to the local Stew Leonard’s store.
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March 24, 2006
Simple Tips For Selecting
And Serving Ham This Easter Holiday From Stew Leonard's Butchers And Chefs
NORWALK, Conn., March 24, 2006 -- Just as the smell of turkey roasting in the
oven is synonymous with Thanksgiving meals, a perfectly spiraled ham glistening with caramelized
glaze is a staple on Easter menus. Most people buy whole hams only around the holidays, when
company coming over ensures that the family will not be eating leftovers for a week.
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March 24, 2006
Passover Family Recipes
NORWALK, Conn., March 24, 2006 -- What’s the secret to making a perfectly fluffy potato latke or preparing a moist kugel without noodles? Stew Leonard’s Chef Jeff Schack shares his family recipes for these traditional Passover dishes
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February 27, 2006
Stew Leonard’s
Norwalk Store Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with Irish Foods, Step Dancing and Bag Pipe &
Drum Corp Performances
NORWALK, Conn., February 27, 2006
– The Irish step dancing girls and the Celtic Cross Pipe and Drum Corp are coming back
to Stew Leonard's for their fourth annual appearance on Saturday, March 11 and Sunday, March 12..
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February 21, 2006
GARDEN EXPERT SHARES SECRETS FOR GETTING THE GREENEST LAWN
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
NORWALK, Conn., February 21, 2006 – Gardening novices and old hands alike will have
the opportunity to grow their green thumb by attending one of Stew Leonard's Norwalk store's free
Saturday morning clinics, taught by gardening expert Jeannie Mortensen, a.k.a., "the garden Jeannie."
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Click here for the Spring - Summer Schedule.
February 20, 2006
Stew Leonard's Featured
on Food Networl's new Culinary Comedy Show, "HAM ON THE STREET"
NORWALK, Conn., February 20, 2006 – The Food Network’s newest show, "Ham
on the Street" combines cooking and comedy with some reality TV thrown into the mix. Stew Leonard’s
is the setting for an upcoming episode titled "Free Food." Tune into the Food Network on Wednesday,
March 1 at 10:30 P.M. E.S.T. for all of the foodie fun.
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February 15, 2006
Cutting Through The CheeseClutter
NORWALK, Conn., Feb 15, 2006 – Stew Leonard’s specialty cheese section has grown 20% in
the last year, and the store currently offers hundreds of cheeses from all over the world. Consumption of
cheese in the U.S. has been growing significantly, too – the average American eats 31 pounds of cheese a
year, an increase of more than six pounds since 1990.
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February 3, 2006
NEW STEW’S IN NEWINGTON
NORWALK, Conn., February 3, 2006 – Farm fresh milk, locally-grown produce,
custom-cut beef, just-caught fish, bread baked from scratch and gourmet prepared meals, combined
with costumed characters and world-class customer service, are moving into the Hartford, Conn.
area in the form of a new Stew Leonard's fresh foods market.
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January 17, 2006
Work Romance
NORWALK, Conn., January 17, 2006 – Dating in the workplace is typically a taboo topic,
but at Stew Leonard's, company couples contribute to the family-caring atmosphere the food store is famous for.
In fact, 30 percent of Stew Leonard's workforce is composed of families and married couples, many of whom met
while on the job, and who continue to work side-by-side after exchanging vows.
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January 9, 2006
For Fifth Straight Year Fortune Magazine names Stew Leonard's Among The 100
Best Companies To Work For
NORWALK, Conn., January 9, 2006 – Customers know that Stew Leonard's is a fun place to shop
– from the country fair atmosphere with farm-fresh foods, costumed characters and animatronics, to team members
who go out of their way to make sure that the customer not only comes back, but brings their friends.
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January 2, 2006
Stew Leonard's Takes Trans-Fats Out Of Frying Oil
NORWALK, Conn., January 2, 2006 – Typically when food is made "healthier," people do not
expect the taste to improve, yet that is exactly what happened when Stew Leonard’s switched to Whole Harvest®
SmartFry®, a trans-fat free oil for their fried chicken, wings and other menu items in the barbeque department.
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