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May 8, 2023

Price Rite Marketplace to Donate More Than $35,000 to Area Food Banks

Price Rite Marketplace is presenting over $35,000 in donations to local food banks as part of its annual Check-Out Hunger fundraising campaign. From November through December 2022, Price Rite Marketplace  … Read more

A yellow box of Cheerios, with a heart-shaped bowl on the cover - full of cheerios - a circle shaped hole cereal.
April 28, 2023

ShopRite Associates Featured on Special Edition Cheerios Boxes in Recognition of their Hunger Fighting Efforts

ShopRite ‘All Stars’ once again gave their all to fight hunger, raising over $1.3 million for food banks in their communities. Their efforts are celebrated with the top fundraisers appearing  … Read more

April 21, 2023

ShopRite Continues Unwavering Commitment to Sustainability

In recognition of this year’s Earth Day, ShopRite celebrates its continued commitment to sustainability and conservation. For over 40 years, ShopRite has supported sustainability efforts across its stores and advanced  … Read more

April 7, 2023

Colgate Women’s Games to Host Free Registration Pep Rally at ShopRite in Elizabeth, New Jersey on April 12

Colgate-Palmolive is happy to announce that Colgate Women’s Games, the nation’s longest-running indoor Track & Field series for girls and women, will host a pep rally and registration event with ShopRite in  … Read more

December 5, 2022

ShopRite Donates More than $700,000 as Part of 14th Annual Veterans Fundraising Campaign

ShopRite announced that its 14th annual Veterans Fundraising Campaign at 36 stores in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania raised a total of $700,966 to benefit local veterans organizations. More than $7  … Read more

A man stands near an EVGO fastcharging station holding a ShopRite sign. He is sporting a beanie and a scarf, and has a trimmed white beard. To his right, is a ShopRite sign with a shopping cart and rays of sunshine showing behind it.
November 14, 2022

Brookdale ShopRite and EVgo Unveil New Fast Charging Station

The newly renovated Brookdale ShopRite today hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to debut an EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO) (EVgo) electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station at its 1409 Broad Street parking  … Read more

Tony The Tiger, a mascot for Kellogs, is pictured with a large check for $10,000. Tony is an orange tiger with a white face and black and white ears.
October 19, 2022

ShopRite and Kellogg Company Partner To Fuel the Bodies and Minds of Students in Northwestern New Jersey

With the school year well underway and the holiday season coming up, ShopRite is teaming up with Kellogg Company to support families and students facing hunger in northwestern New Jersey. The companies are  … Read more

Ayo Robinson at ShopRite accepts donation from ShopRite and Chock full 'Nuts for her father's foundation, the Jackie Robinson Foundation
July 16, 2022

ShopRite, Chock full o’Nuts® Present $25,000 Donation to Jackie Robinson Foundation

Ayo Robinson, granddaughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, visited the ShopRite of Veterans Road to accept a $25,000 donation for the Jackie Robinson Foundation from ShopRite and Chock full o’Nuts.®  … Read more

add milk speakers in store.
June 29, 2022

Select ShopRite New Jersey Stores Launch Add Milk! Campaign

The program, which kicked off recently at the ShopRite of Newark, increases access to milk and milk products for low-income families. Read more. 

Wakefern and ShopRite associates volunteering at Special Olympics NJ Olympic Village.
June 15, 2022

Wakefern and ShopRite Sponsor 2022 Special Olympics New Jersey Summer Games

Volunteers from Wakefern Food Corp. and ShopRite served thousands of meals and hosted activities for the Olympic athletes during the weekend games at The College of New Jersey. Read more. 

Coca Cola Check Presentation at ShopRite LPGA Classic
June 14, 2022

Golf and Giving at the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer

Coca-Cola donates $20,000 to America’s Grow-a-Row at World Class Golf Tournament. The 2022 ShopRite LPGA Champion, Brooke Henderson, posed for a photo with Tim Vogel, of America’s Grow-a-Row, and Dave  … Read more

ShopRite donated presented at LPGA Luncheon
June 10, 2022

ShopRite Donates More Than $1.5 Million for Local Charities at the 2022 ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer

Dozens of community-based organizations received grants totaling more than $1.5 million during a luncheon hosted by retailer-owned cooperative Wakefern Food Corp., as part of the annual ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented  … Read more

Wakefern Green Team associate volunteering to clean up the environment.
April 22, 2022

ShopRite Honors Earth Day Every Day

With a 40-plus-year history of supporting sustainability in stores and investing in communities, ShopRite continues to work on a variety of important efforts to reduce food waste, increase recycling, protect  … Read more

April 14, 2022

ShopRite and Wakefern Food Corp. Volunteers Clean Up Sandy Hook Beaches During Clean Ocean Action Beach Sweeps

Corporate partners Terracycle, Colgate, and Tom’s of Maine join Wakefern and ShopRite to support sustainability and a greener future Keasbey, NJ (October 27, 2021) On October 23, a team of  … Read more

March 24, 2022

ShopRite Associates Earn Spot on Cheerios Box for Hunger-Fighting Efforts

Keasbey, NJ (March 24, 2022) – ShopRite ‘All Stars’ once again gave their all to help others and earn a spot on the iconic Cheerios cereal box. Photos of 102  … Read more

ShopRite of Broadheadsville Associates on the boxes of Cheerios cereal.
March 24, 2022

ShopRite Associates Earn Spot on Cheerios Box for Hunger-Fighting Efforts

ShopRite Partners In Caring Annual Cheerios Contest raises $1.1 million for food banks. As part of the yearly tradition, associates from top fundraising stores get their photos on limited-edition Cheerios  … Read more

March 14, 2022

2022 ShopRite LPGA Classic Returns to Traditional June Dates This Year

GALLOWAY, NJ, March 9, 2022 – Tournament officials announced today the 2022 ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer will return to its traditional dates on the LPGA Tour tournament schedule,  … Read more

July 30, 2021

Donating Food and Essentials to Families

Price Rite Marketplace launched its annual Feed the Children campaign on May 27 by providing food and other essentials for 800 Syracuse families. Since partnering with Feed the Children in  … Read more

July 30, 2021

Beehives and Pollinator Gardens

General Mills in partnership with Wakefern and ShopRite has made a commitment to donate funds for Earth Month to develop beehives and a pollinator garden at American’s Grow-a-Row farm in  … Read more

July 27, 2021

$10,000 Donated to the National Purple Heart Honor Mission

ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. (SRS) presented a $10,000 check to representatives of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission recently at the ShopRite of Vails Gate. The funds were raised throughout ShopRite’s  … Read more

April 30, 2021

Eagle Eyes

P&G, in partnership with Wakefern and ShopRite, will donate $13,000 to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey in support of the volunteer Bald Eagle Monitoring program. Find out more.

March 22, 2021

FEEDING MINDS AND BODIES

Price Rite Marketplace helps bring business, government, and other organizations together to tackle food insecurity. September was National Hunger Action Month, and Price Rite Marketplace and longtime partner Feed the  … Read more

March 22, 2021

WAKEFERN ASSOCIATE TEAMS GO GREEN

Wakefern Associates Help Their Stores and Communities Go Green On any given day at your local ShopRite, store associates are working hard behind the scenes to make the building, its  … Read more

March 22, 2021

Fall Harvest

ShopRite donates $25,000 to America’s Grow-a-Row to help fight hunger at crop harvesting event. On a recent visit to America’s Grow-a-Row farm in Pittstown, more than 20 ShopRite associates from  … Read more

January 28, 2021

FOOD DONATIONS NOURISH LIVES

ShopRite warehouses help feed the hungry in New Jersey. Even with all the technological progress in the 21st century, there are still plenty of New Jersey residents struggling to feed  … Read more

January 28, 2021

GREEN LIGHTS…

Green Lights (And Doors… And Cases) Join us as we take you on an environmental tour of our ShopRite stores. When you arrive at your favorite ShopRite, you’ll see ways  … Read more

January 28, 2021

FUELED BY FARMS

ShopRite of Hunterdon County, like many other ShopRite stores, relies on local farms to bring high quality produce to customers. “Shop local” isn’t just a snappy slogan, especially when it  … Read more

January 28, 2021

MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK

Thousands of associates, customers and community members participate in the annual ShopRite Earth Day Challenge. April offers an annual reminder of the importance of being good stewards of the Earth  … Read more

January 28, 2021

PROTECTING OUR SPECIES

ShopRite supports 27 environmental organizations and hundreds of other community-minded groups. In the midst of a busy day, it’s easy to overlook the wildlife living near you. As a result,  … Read more

January 28, 2021

THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING

ShopRite associates take special care to keep unsold food and food containers out of landfills. When you’re shopping at your local ShopRite, you probably aren’t thinking about what happens to  … Read more

January 28, 2021

KEEPING SEAFOOD SUSTAINABLE

ShopRite is going the extra mile to offer customers sustainable seafood choices. Many people want to choose sustainable seafood, but that’s not always easy. “No matter where I go, when  … Read more

January 28, 2021

PRICE RITE MARKETPLACE REIMAGINES SHOPPING EXPERIENCE

New award winning store design; amazing values Price Rite Marketplace continues to roll out its award-winning redesigned store concept focused on deep discounts and fresh foods after successful store rebrands  … Read more

January 28, 2021

HOW2RECYCLE® HITS OUR SHELVES

Recycling Made Easy Late last year, ShopRite introduced a range of new Own Brands products featuring a special How2Recycle® label developed by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. ShopRite has worked with  … Read more

January 28, 2021

AN AWARD WINNING COMPOSTING EFFORT

Keeping Unsold Food on the Local Plate Not every piece of produce or bakery item at your favorite ShopRite sells on schedule. If those unsold items went to a landfill,  … Read more

January 28, 2021

WE ARE LOCAL. WE LOVE LOCAL

No matter what life throws at us, we always want to feel at home with our food – and nothing feels more like home than fresh, locally grown produce. Wakefern  … Read more

January 28, 2021

REID REIGNS AT SHOPRITE LPGA CLASSIC

The 2020 ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer crowns its winners: Mel Reid, and the local charities who will receive $1.5 million resulting from this year’s event. The 2020 ShopRite  … Read more

January 28, 2021

TAKING ACTION AGAINST HUNGER

ShopRite’s annual Help Bag Hunger program fights food insecurity, marking 20 years of ShopRite Partners In Caring. September was Hunger Action Month and, as it does each year, ShopRite put a special  … Read more

January 28, 2021

WHOLESOME PANTRY, REIMAGINED!

Wakefern rebrands and expands ShopRite’s Wholesome Pantry product lines for a new take on bold, affordable foods. So fresh, so bold! Wakefern introduces a fresh new look and feel to  … Read more

January 28, 2021

THE LAND OF NOG

What’s more festive than toasting the holidays with a little eggnog? Nothing says the holidays quite like eggnog. Some say the first recorded recipe for this seasonal drink dates back  … Read more

May 8, 2023

Price Rite Marketplace to Donate More Than $35,000 to Area Food Banks

Price Rite Marketplace is presenting over $35,000 in donations to local food banks as part of its annual Check-Out Hunger fundraising campaign. From November through December 2022, Price Rite Marketplace  … Read more

A yellow box of Cheerios, with a heart-shaped bowl on the cover - full of cheerios - a circle shaped hole cereal.
April 28, 2023

ShopRite Associates Featured on Special Edition Cheerios Boxes in Recognition of their Hunger Fighting Efforts

ShopRite ‘All Stars’ once again gave their all to fight hunger, raising over $1.3 million for food banks in their communities. Their efforts are celebrated with the top fundraisers appearing  … Read more

April 21, 2023

ShopRite Continues Unwavering Commitment to Sustainability

In recognition of this year’s Earth Day, ShopRite celebrates its continued commitment to sustainability and conservation. For over 40 years, ShopRite has supported sustainability efforts across its stores and advanced  … Read more

April 7, 2023

Colgate Women’s Games to Host Free Registration Pep Rally at ShopRite in Elizabeth, New Jersey on April 12

Colgate-Palmolive is happy to announce that Colgate Women’s Games, the nation’s longest-running indoor Track & Field series for girls and women, will host a pep rally and registration event with ShopRite in  … Read more

December 5, 2022

ShopRite Donates More than $700,000 as Part of 14th Annual Veterans Fundraising Campaign

ShopRite announced that its 14th annual Veterans Fundraising Campaign at 36 stores in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania raised a total of $700,966 to benefit local veterans organizations. More than $7  … Read more

A man stands near an EVGO fastcharging station holding a ShopRite sign. He is sporting a beanie and a scarf, and has a trimmed white beard. To his right, is a ShopRite sign with a shopping cart and rays of sunshine showing behind it.
November 14, 2022

Brookdale ShopRite and EVgo Unveil New Fast Charging Station

The newly renovated Brookdale ShopRite today hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to debut an EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO) (EVgo) electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station at its 1409 Broad Street parking  … Read more

Tony The Tiger, a mascot for Kellogs, is pictured with a large check for $10,000. Tony is an orange tiger with a white face and black and white ears.
October 19, 2022

ShopRite and Kellogg Company Partner To Fuel the Bodies and Minds of Students in Northwestern New Jersey

With the school year well underway and the holiday season coming up, ShopRite is teaming up with Kellogg Company to support families and students facing hunger in northwestern New Jersey. The companies are  … Read more

Ayo Robinson at ShopRite accepts donation from ShopRite and Chock full 'Nuts for her father's foundation, the Jackie Robinson Foundation
July 16, 2022

ShopRite, Chock full o’Nuts® Present $25,000 Donation to Jackie Robinson Foundation

Ayo Robinson, granddaughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, visited the ShopRite of Veterans Road to accept a $25,000 donation for the Jackie Robinson Foundation from ShopRite and Chock full o’Nuts.®  … Read more

add milk speakers in store.
June 29, 2022

Select ShopRite New Jersey Stores Launch Add Milk! Campaign

The program, which kicked off recently at the ShopRite of Newark, increases access to milk and milk products for low-income families. Read more. 

Wakefern and ShopRite associates volunteering at Special Olympics NJ Olympic Village.
June 15, 2022

Wakefern and ShopRite Sponsor 2022 Special Olympics New Jersey Summer Games

Volunteers from Wakefern Food Corp. and ShopRite served thousands of meals and hosted activities for the Olympic athletes during the weekend games at The College of New Jersey. Read more. 

Coca Cola Check Presentation at ShopRite LPGA Classic
June 14, 2022

Golf and Giving at the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer

Coca-Cola donates $20,000 to America’s Grow-a-Row at World Class Golf Tournament. The 2022 ShopRite LPGA Champion, Brooke Henderson, posed for a photo with Tim Vogel, of America’s Grow-a-Row, and Dave  … Read more

ShopRite donated presented at LPGA Luncheon
June 10, 2022

ShopRite Donates More Than $1.5 Million for Local Charities at the 2022 ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer

Dozens of community-based organizations received grants totaling more than $1.5 million during a luncheon hosted by retailer-owned cooperative Wakefern Food Corp., as part of the annual ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented  … Read more

Wakefern Green Team associate volunteering to clean up the environment.
April 22, 2022

ShopRite Honors Earth Day Every Day

With a 40-plus-year history of supporting sustainability in stores and investing in communities, ShopRite continues to work on a variety of important efforts to reduce food waste, increase recycling, protect  … Read more

April 14, 2022

ShopRite and Wakefern Food Corp. Volunteers Clean Up Sandy Hook Beaches During Clean Ocean Action Beach Sweeps

Corporate partners Terracycle, Colgate, and Tom’s of Maine join Wakefern and ShopRite to support sustainability and a greener future Keasbey, NJ (October 27, 2021) On October 23, a team of  … Read more

March 24, 2022

ShopRite Associates Earn Spot on Cheerios Box for Hunger-Fighting Efforts

Keasbey, NJ (March 24, 2022) – ShopRite ‘All Stars’ once again gave their all to help others and earn a spot on the iconic Cheerios cereal box. Photos of 102  … Read more

ShopRite of Broadheadsville Associates on the boxes of Cheerios cereal.
March 24, 2022

ShopRite Associates Earn Spot on Cheerios Box for Hunger-Fighting Efforts

ShopRite Partners In Caring Annual Cheerios Contest raises $1.1 million for food banks. As part of the yearly tradition, associates from top fundraising stores get their photos on limited-edition Cheerios  … Read more

March 14, 2022

2022 ShopRite LPGA Classic Returns to Traditional June Dates This Year

GALLOWAY, NJ, March 9, 2022 – Tournament officials announced today the 2022 ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer will return to its traditional dates on the LPGA Tour tournament schedule,  … Read more

July 30, 2021

Donating Food and Essentials to Families

Price Rite Marketplace launched its annual Feed the Children campaign on May 27 by providing food and other essentials for 800 Syracuse families. Since partnering with Feed the Children in  … Read more

July 30, 2021

Beehives and Pollinator Gardens

General Mills in partnership with Wakefern and ShopRite has made a commitment to donate funds for Earth Month to develop beehives and a pollinator garden at American’s Grow-a-Row farm in  … Read more

July 27, 2021

$10,000 Donated to the National Purple Heart Honor Mission

ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. (SRS) presented a $10,000 check to representatives of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission recently at the ShopRite of Vails Gate. The funds were raised throughout ShopRite’s  … Read more

April 30, 2021

Eagle Eyes

P&G, in partnership with Wakefern and ShopRite, will donate $13,000 to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey in support of the volunteer Bald Eagle Monitoring program. Find out more.

March 22, 2021

FEEDING MINDS AND BODIES

Price Rite Marketplace helps bring business, government, and other organizations together to tackle food insecurity. September was National Hunger Action Month, and Price Rite Marketplace and longtime partner Feed the  … Read more

March 22, 2021

WAKEFERN ASSOCIATE TEAMS GO GREEN

Wakefern Associates Help Their Stores and Communities Go Green On any given day at your local ShopRite, store associates are working hard behind the scenes to make the building, its  … Read more

March 22, 2021

Fall Harvest

ShopRite donates $25,000 to America’s Grow-a-Row to help fight hunger at crop harvesting event. On a recent visit to America’s Grow-a-Row farm in Pittstown, more than 20 ShopRite associates from  … Read more

January 28, 2021

FOOD DONATIONS NOURISH LIVES

ShopRite warehouses help feed the hungry in New Jersey. Even with all the technological progress in the 21st century, there are still plenty of New Jersey residents struggling to feed  … Read more

January 28, 2021

GREEN LIGHTS…

Green Lights (And Doors… And Cases) Join us as we take you on an environmental tour of our ShopRite stores. When you arrive at your favorite ShopRite, you’ll see ways  … Read more

January 28, 2021

FUELED BY FARMS

ShopRite of Hunterdon County, like many other ShopRite stores, relies on local farms to bring high quality produce to customers. “Shop local” isn’t just a snappy slogan, especially when it  … Read more

January 28, 2021

MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK

Thousands of associates, customers and community members participate in the annual ShopRite Earth Day Challenge. April offers an annual reminder of the importance of being good stewards of the Earth  … Read more

January 28, 2021

PROTECTING OUR SPECIES

ShopRite supports 27 environmental organizations and hundreds of other community-minded groups. In the midst of a busy day, it’s easy to overlook the wildlife living near you. As a result,  … Read more

January 28, 2021

THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING

ShopRite associates take special care to keep unsold food and food containers out of landfills. When you’re shopping at your local ShopRite, you probably aren’t thinking about what happens to  … Read more

January 28, 2021

KEEPING SEAFOOD SUSTAINABLE

ShopRite is going the extra mile to offer customers sustainable seafood choices. Many people want to choose sustainable seafood, but that’s not always easy. “No matter where I go, when  … Read more

January 28, 2021

PRICE RITE MARKETPLACE REIMAGINES SHOPPING EXPERIENCE

New award winning store design; amazing values Price Rite Marketplace continues to roll out its award-winning redesigned store concept focused on deep discounts and fresh foods after successful store rebrands  … Read more

January 28, 2021

HOW2RECYCLE® HITS OUR SHELVES

Recycling Made Easy Late last year, ShopRite introduced a range of new Own Brands products featuring a special How2Recycle® label developed by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. ShopRite has worked with  … Read more

January 28, 2021

AN AWARD WINNING COMPOSTING EFFORT

Keeping Unsold Food on the Local Plate Not every piece of produce or bakery item at your favorite ShopRite sells on schedule. If those unsold items went to a landfill,  … Read more

January 28, 2021

WE ARE LOCAL. WE LOVE LOCAL

No matter what life throws at us, we always want to feel at home with our food – and nothing feels more like home than fresh, locally grown produce. Wakefern  … Read more

January 28, 2021

REID REIGNS AT SHOPRITE LPGA CLASSIC

The 2020 ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer crowns its winners: Mel Reid, and the local charities who will receive $1.5 million resulting from this year’s event. The 2020 ShopRite  … Read more

January 28, 2021

TAKING ACTION AGAINST HUNGER

ShopRite’s annual Help Bag Hunger program fights food insecurity, marking 20 years of ShopRite Partners In Caring. September was Hunger Action Month and, as it does each year, ShopRite put a special  … Read more

January 28, 2021

WHOLESOME PANTRY, REIMAGINED!

Wakefern rebrands and expands ShopRite’s Wholesome Pantry product lines for a new take on bold, affordable foods. So fresh, so bold! Wakefern introduces a fresh new look and feel to  … Read more

January 28, 2021

THE LAND OF NOG

What’s more festive than toasting the holidays with a little eggnog? Nothing says the holidays quite like eggnog. Some say the first recorded recipe for this seasonal drink dates back  … Read more