Wyckoff ShopRite To Open In January

WYCKOFF, NJ — The long-awaited ShopRite store will open in town in January, Inserra Supermarkets confirmed Friday.

There was a report by NorthJersey.com that the 430 Greenwood Ave. store could have opened this month, but Inserra, the company that owns ShopRite, gave the definitive opening date in a news release.

"Construction, which began in April, has been proceeding at a record-setting pace and we are now approaching the final phase of the project," said Lawrence Inserra Jr., chairman and CEO of Inserra Supermarkets. "Our entire team has been working tirelessly but despite our best efforts, the store will not open in time for this holiday season."

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 opening comes years after the Mahwah-based Inserra Supermarkets 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 being built.

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 three-judge panel eventually ruled in favor of ShopRite.

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