I want to thank Stacie Haynes for a thought-provoking article in “News From the Noteworthy” in the edition of October 5, 2023. The value of human-animal bonds and the positive impact of an animal family member’s company is priceless.…
I want to thank Stacie Haynes for a thought-provoking article in “News From the Noteworthy” in the edition of October 5, 2023. The value of human-animal bonds and the positive impact of an animal family member’s company is priceless.…
Salvation Army, Price Chopper Launch Kettle Donation Program SCHENECTADY—Price Chopper/Market 32 is once again playing host to the Salvation Army’s “Red Kettle” holiday campaign at all 130 of its stores in New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The Salvation Army and Price Chopper/Market 32 have been collaborative partners in the communities they serve for more than 35 years.…
Grand Union set for Hartwick Seminary after FTC OKs Price Chopper/Tops merger Last year’s merger putting competing grocers Price Chopper and Tops under a single parent company left local shoppers wondering the fate of branded stores in Otsego County. As a condition of approving the merger, the Federal Trade Commission required proposed parent company Northeast Grocery to divest its interest in a dozen stores — among them the Tops Market on Route 28 in Hartwick Seminary. C&S Wholesale Grocers, a…
In Memoriam Bruce E. Bachanas, 63 December 20, 1957 – November 18, 2021 COOPERSTOWN – Bruce E. Bachanas of Christian Hill, a life-long area resident who worked for many years as a baker, passed away Thursday afternoon, November 18, 2021, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. He was 63. Born December 20, 1957, in Cooperstown, Bruce Edward Bachanas was one of three children of the late Norman Edmund Bachanas and Bernice G. (Roseboom) Bachanas. In his youth, he and his…
Local merchants work hard to deflect supply chain hiccups By TED POTRIKUS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Reports abound nationally that we can’t find the products we want or need, the result of a catastrophic break in the world’s supply chain that moves goods from manufacturer to distributor to retailer to consumer. Otsego County merchants who know their customers’ needs are finding ways to plug the gaps wherever possible. From groceries and adult beverages to hardware, appliances, and cars, business owners…
Tops, Price Chopper Set For Merger Can Both Cooperstown Supermarkets Survive? By Jim Kevlin • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com It looks like the Cooperstown area, which hosts both a Price Chopper and a Tops Friendly Market, will be an oddity with the merger of the two supermarket companies that was announced Monday, Feb. 9. The two companies have “a footprint that’s almost perfectly contiguous,” with minimal overlap, Price Chopper/Market 32 President/CEO Scott Grimmett told the Albany Times Union. With Price Chopper…
BULLETIN PRICE CHOPPER, TOPS MERGING SCHENECTADY – Price Chopper and Tops Friendly Markets this morning announced a merger. Each has a supermarket serving Cooperstown. Price Chopper also has markets in Oneonta and Richfield Springs. That would leave Hannaford’s in Oneonta as the only competitor in the market. Officials from the two chains say the merger will nearly double their footprints in the Northeast. The combined chain will have 300 stores and 30,000 employees and will be based in Schenectady.…
Farewell Thanksgiving, Welcome To Christmas…
Local Supermarkets Take Steps Toward Even Safer Shopping…
Attention, Shoppers: Jeff Is Back At Cooperstown’s Price Chopper!…