Major Grocery Chain To Open 1st Bucks Co. Store: Business Roundup

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Sprouts Farmers Market is coming to Bucks County. Bensalem officials have announced that the healthy, organic grocery store chain will open its first Bucks County store in the township.

In other business news around the county, demolition is underway on Easton Road at the former 1776 shopping center. The center will be replaced by an express car wash.

Harvest Seasonal Grill and Wine Bar in Newtown has announced that it will be supporting the New Britain Food Pantry during November as part of its "Give. Love. Serve." initiative.

Here are the details:

Sprouts Farmers Market Expanding To Bucks

A Sprouts Farmers Market is coming to Bensalem, the chain's first location in Bucks County. The new store is planned for 4600 Street Road at the site of the Trevose Corporate Center. Sprouts, which bills itself as a healthy, organic store, plans to build its store sometime next spring, township officials said.

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Express Car Wash Coming To Doylestown

A major community revitalization project is underway on Easton Road, where local businessman Jim Lonergan is transforming the site of the 1776 Shopping Center at Route 611 and Edison Road into a state-of-the-art express car wash. After permitting the Doylestown Fire Company to use the vacant shopping center for practice drills, the demolition crews moved in and began tearing down the 13,000-square-foot shopping center to make way for a new Captain Clean Car Wash.

The now-demolished shopping center on Easton Road. (Jeff Werner/Patch)

Harvest Seasonal Grill Giving Back In Nov.

During November, Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar in Newtown is partnering with the New Britain Food Pantry to provide five nights of chef-prepared dinners to local families facing food insecurity or financial hardship. The partnership is part of Harvest’s new GIVE. LOVE. SERVE. — “Farm to Family” initiative, created to take the restaurant’s farm-to-table philosophy beyond its dining room and directly into the communities it serves.

Harvest Seasonal Grill and Wine Bar in Newtown. (Jeff Werner/Patch)

Fred Beans Recognized For Sales Milestones

The Fred Beans Parts Distribution Center in Doylestown has been recognized by Ford Motor Company for repeatedly rising to the top as the leading wholesale provider of Ford Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) automotive parts nationally. Harry Van Houten, director of the Fred Beans Parts Distribution Center, and Mick Padgeon, associate director, recently visited Ford Motor Company headquarters, where Van Housten was recognized on behalf of the PDC and Fred Beans Automotive Group.

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Bike Works Gearing Up For 'Cranksgiving'

Bike Works is gearing up for "Cranksgiving," its annual fall bicycle ride through Doylestown on Sunday, Nov. 8. The ride is scheduled to depart from Broad Commons Park (10 Doyle Street) at 9 a.m. Online registration is free, and event-day registration begins at 8:45 a.m. E-bikes are welcome. The 9-mile ride will take cyclists to Doylestown’s Simply Fresh McCaffrey’s Market and then to the Doylestown Acme, where participants will purchase non-perishable grocery items for donation to the food pantries operated by the Bucks County Housing Group.

A cyclist loads up on non-perishables during the "Cranksiving" ride. (Bike Works)