The ShopRite of Garwood is introducing a unique service – an in-store dietitian to offer customers nutritional information and guidance to help influence better food choices. James Sumas, Chairman of Village Super Market, Inc. which owns and operates the ShopRite of Garwood, announced today that Heather Marino, Registered Dietitian (RD), has joined the organization. Village Super Market, Inc., a family-owned business which includes three generations of the Sumas family, also owns 28 additional ShopRite stores in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
As the Retail Dietitian for the ShopRite of Garwood, Ms. Marino will work with customers to help them shop smarter, make nourishing choices and learn to cook meals that will help them stay healthy, maintain their weight or manage health issues. She will conduct grocery shopping tours, healthy cooking classes, offer recipe and pantry makeovers and coordinate other health and wellness initiatives and nutritional programs both in-store and in the community. Heather graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Food Studies. She then completed an internship through the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown, New Jersey, for which she received an Academic Excellence Award.
Heather obtained her MSEd in Health Promotion and Sports Performance from Virginia Tech in 2009 and is CPR/AED certified, as well as a NCSF Certified Personal Trainer. Ms. Marino’s services will be available free of charge to all customers at the ShopRite of Garwood. To make an appointment, customers should (908) 654-0803. “We are excited to provide our customers with the benefits of an in-store dietitian,” said James Sumas. “Adding Heather to our team at the ShopRite of Garwood is just another way that we try to go above and beyond to provide value and service to our customers, associates and the local community.” As part of ShopRite’s Retail Dietitian team, Ms. Marino is one of more than thirty Registered Dietitians who service ShopRite stores in New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Connecticut. The Retail Dietitians offer nutritional advice, meal planning and proper eating for specific medical conditions.
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The ShopRite of Garwood is conveniently located at 563 North Avenue East, Garwood, New Jersey, 07027. (908) 654-5837. The store is open Sunday-Wednesday from 7am – 10pm and Thursday – Saturday from 7am – 11pm. The Pharmacy is open Monday – Friday 9am – 9pm, Saturday from 9am-6pm and Sunday from 9am-2pm.
About ShopRite
ShopRite is the registered trademark of Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative, based in Keasbey, NJ and the largest supermarket cooperative in the United States. With more than 240 ShopRite supermarkets located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves more than five million customers each week. A long-time supporter of key community efforts, ShopRite is dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities it serves. Through its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, ShopRite has donated more than $27 million to 1,700 worthy charities and food banks since the program began in 1999. As a title sponsor of the LPGA’s ShopRite Classic, ShopRite has raised more than $24 million for local schools, hospitals and community groups. For more information, please visit www.ShopRite.com. Progressive Grocer named ShopRite its 2011 Retailer of the Year and Supermarket News awarded ShopRite its 2011 Retail Excellence Award.
