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Steve Sandberg
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Meghan Bell, Stew Leonard’s
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FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY OFFICIALS TO ANNOUNCE $400-MILLION STEW LEONARD’S ICONIC FARM FRESH FOOD STORE COMING TO NEW JERSEY WITH 350 NEW JOBS AT GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
PARAMUS, NJ, March 26, 2019 — United States Senator Bob Menendez, Bergen County Executive James Tedesco, and Paramus Mayor Richard LaBarbiera will join Stew Leonard, Jr., CEO of Stew Leonard’s, and more than a dozen of state and local officials for the groundbreaking of Stew Leonard’s first grocery store in the State of New Jersey, Friday, March 29, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Paramus Park Mall, 700 Paramus Park, Paramus, N.J. Federal, State, and local officials and toast milk in champagne glasses in celebration.
The 80,000 square foot store will create more than 350 new jobs in the region. The new Paramus location will be replacing a famed 45-year-old Sears department store. New Jersey, known as “The Garden State,” is home to over 10,000 farms encompassing over 8,000 acres of farmland and a thriving agricultural industry, among the top ten producing agricultural states in the union. When available, Stew Leonard’s will be taking produce from hundreds of regional farms to be available for residents.
Stew Leonard’s was called “the Disneyland of dairy stores” by the New York Times and currently has six popular locations in Connecticut and New York State. The Paramus Park Mall will also be the new home of Stew Leonard’s Wines & Spirits of Paramus, which will move from their current location at 396 Route 17 N to the interior of the Paramus food store, offering shoppers convenient, one-stop-shopping for fresh food as well as more than 1,600 wines, 800 spirits and 500 beers. (Subject to New Jersey Alcohol Beverage Control approval.)
When completed, the new, state-of-the-art store will bring farm fresh food shopping to New Jersey with dozens of chefs, butchers, fishmongers and more, preparing gourmet foods daily. Also, like its sister locations, the new Paramus space will feature an in-store “from-scratch” bakery, Stew Leonard’s signature one-way aisle, and interactive animatronic characters which will perform shows to entertain families while shopping.
Stew Leonard’s is a $400 million-a-year company currently welcoming over 11 million shoppers annually and was designated the “World’s Largest Dairy Store” by the Guinness Book of World Records. Known as the “Disneyland of Dairy Stores,” the family-owned and operated Paramus store will offer local produce, dairy, and meats from New Jersey and throughout the tri-state area, generating millions in sales tax revenue for their respective local, county, and State governments.
WHERE:
Construction site of the future Stew Leonard’s
Paramus Park Mall
700 Paramus Park
Paramus, New Jersey
WHEN:
March 29, 2019 at 11 AM
WHO:
Stew Leonard, Jr., President/CEO of Stew Leonard’s
United States Senator for New Jersey, Bob Menendez
Bergen County Executive, James Tedesco
Paramus Borough Mayor Richard Labarbiera
Paramus Borough Council Member Holly Tedesco-Santos
State Senator Joseph A. Lagana
State Assembly Member P. Christopher Tully
State Assembly Member Lisa Swain
Chief Kenneth Ehrnerg, Paramus Police
Chief John Percerco, Rescue Squad, City of Paramus
Sheri Biondi, Chief Financial Officer and Paramus Borough Clerk
Annemarie Krusznis, Municipal Clerk
Fred Rohdiek, President, Paramus Regional Chamber of Commerce
Joanne Cimiluca, Paramus Director of Economic Development
Nicole Harencak, Commerce and Industry Association
Sam Casiello, Director, Paramus Veterans Affairs
Representatives from the Paramus Police Benevolent Association
Representatives from the Women’s Club of Paramus
Representatives from Elks Lodge, BPOE, No. 2001
Representatives from the Paramus Rotary Club
