Ground To Be Broken On Wyckoff ShopRite Monday

WYCKOFF, NJ — Ground will be broken on the new ShopRite grocery store Monday.

The store will bring 200 jobs to downtown Wyckoff. The online-based ShopRite From Home service will be offered at the store.

The 62,000-square-foot store at Greenwood and Wyckoff Avenues will feature locally-sourced produce and a health and wellness department with a registered dietitian.

The store will feature several energy-saving measures, including energy-efficient refrigeration and lighting.

The groundbreaking comes years after the Mahwah-based Inserra Supermarkets, which owns ShopRite, battled with competitor Stop & Shop in court.

Stop & Shop contended that the Wyckoff Planning Board did not have jurisdiction to consider ShopRite's 2010 application because a "supermarket" was not a permitted use in the zone where ShopRite is going. An A&P supermarket used to be where ShopRite is going.

ShopRite's application before the Wyckoff Planning Board dates back to 2010 when the first of what would eventually be 38 hearings on the application was held over two years.

The board unanimously approved the application in February 2013, which kicked off the legal battle and series of appeals by Stop & Shop.

The case eventually made its way to the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division where a a three-judge panel eventually ruled in favor of ShopRite.

Demolition work at the site began in December 2016.

Related: Demolition Work Paves The Way For Wyckoff ShopRite
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Photos: Renderings of the ShopRite store being built in Wyckoff. Courtesy of ShopRite