Stop & Shop Arrives in Maine
Kennebunk, ME-Kennebunk will be home to Maine's first Stop & Shop, New England's
leading supermarket retailer. The store, which opens on Friday, June 15, at 67 Portland
Road, promises to offer an exciting shopping experience for Kennebunk area residents.
Management at the 60,000-square-foot supermarket is in the process of hiring its new
employees: 200 local residents from the towns of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells,
Arundel, Sanford and Biddeford.
"We're very excited about entering the marketplace here in Kennebunk," said Mark McGowan,
senior vice president of sales and operations for Stop & Shop. "We're committed to
bringing our customers a great shopping experience and have designed a store that will
offer them fresh and unique products at low prices every day. Kennebunk area residents
will find our stores convenient and easy to shop. We look forward to introducing
ourselves and serving the people of the area."
SPECIAL STORE FEATURES
Stop & Shop's convenient shopping experience offers name-brand specialty items and
cutting-edge technological services under one roof. Customers will find wallet-friendly
organics and everyday indulgences throughout the store's Nature's Promise and Simply
Enjoy brands. Customers can grab a cup of coffee and check their email while doing their
grocery shopping, as the new store has a Starbucks café with free WiFi access.
"I'm looking forward to meeting our new customers and getting their feedback on our
store," said Andrea Astrachan, Stop & Shop's vice president of consumer affairs. "For
nearly a century, our stores have been shaped and tailored to meet the needs and desires
of our customers, and this store is a culmination of those efforts," she said.
Astrachan serves as a Consumer Advisor, a unique position created by Stop & Shop to
ensure customers' viewpoints and requests are discussed throughout the company. Astrachan
provides money-savings tips, healthy eating recommendations and helpful recipes in her
column, which runs in Stop & Shop's weekly circular. Astrachan provides additional
tips and information on Stop & Shop's website (www.stopandshop.com).
Store highlights include:
- Locally-grown products such as Wyman's Maine blueberries and Arnold Farm maple
syrup
- A produce department showcasing a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including
our "Orchard Perfect" brand fruit and a world-class salad bar
- Great convenience and taste from our Foods-To-Go offerings and a deli featuring
Boars Head products
- A natural foods department, featuring Stop & Shop "Nature's Promise" natural
and organic products
- An in-store bakery with gourmet individual desserts
- Stop & Shop's unique "Simply Enjoy" brand, which offers everyday indulgences at
great prices
- A full-service sushi bar with freshly prepared meals on-premises
- A seafood department featuring fresh seafood and lobster from Kennebunk's own Maine
Shellfish Company, Inc.
- A florist department with a large selection of flowers, plants, floral
arrangements, and gardening supplies
- A Best Sellers! department featuring the latest in books, movies, magazines and
video
- A full-service deli featuring Boar's Head products, and an express deli
- An office supplies department featuring products from Staples
- A "Toy Zone" department, featuring games, action figures and fun items for kids of
all ages.
Operations/Services:
The modern Super Stop & Shop offers exceptional variety of fresh products and a wide
selection of general merchandise at an excellent value in a clean, easy-to-shop and
convenient environment. Customers will know they're getting great deals each week with
Stop & Shop's circular, sent to their homes announcing hundreds of advertised
bargains.
Store Management Team
Jim Schlander serves as the store manager of the new Stop & Shop store. Assisting him
is perishable manager Brian Winslow, who lives in Winslow, Maine, a town named after his
family. Non-perishable managers are John Marchese and Joanne Murrin.
"I've always wanted to move to Maine. This store gave me that opportunity," Schlander
said. "I'm looking forward making new friends and continuing Stop & Shop's commitment
to being a great corporate citizen by getting involved in community activities and
supporting our neighbors. We've already supported Kennebunk High School's Project
Graduation and we salute this year's graduates and congratulate their families."
The management team for the new store also includes the following managers, department
heads and lead clerks:
- Beth Burton, Customer Service
- Stan Felong, General Merchandise
- Gerry Tremblay, Customer Service
- Jeff Randall, Grocery
- Barry Spydell, Meat
- Lexi Beerworth, Deli
- Matt Bergeron, Produce
- Hope Rice, Cash Office
- Cathy Rivera, Seafood
- Chris Gregg, Bakeshop
- Chris Lokis, Starbucks
STORE HOURS
The Kennebunk store will be open from 6 am to 12 midnight Monday through Saturday and
from 6 am to 10 pm on Sunday.
BACKGROUND FACTS
Company History:
Stop & Shop's roots can be traced back to 1914, when the Rabinovitz family founded
the Economy Grocery Stores Company in Somerville, Massachusetts. Four years later, family
member Sidney Rabb introduced an idea new to retail: the self-service, modern
supermarket. By 1947, Economy Grocery Stores had grown into a flourishing chain of 86
supermarkets and the name of the company was changed to Stop & Shop, Inc. In the
1980s, Stop & Shop pioneered the superstore concept in New England, opening the first
Super Stop & Shop in 1982.
In 2001, Stop & Shop aggressively expanded in the New York Metro area, converting 36
Grand Union stores and 63 former Edwards stores. Today, Stop & Shop operates 389
stores in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York
and Maine and employs more than 59,000 associates. The company is headquartered in
Quincy, Massachusetts.
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