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RETAIL SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS - WEIS MARKETS
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WEIS MARKETS
Closing The Loop On Sustainability
Considering the previous recipients of PRODUCE BUSI- NESS’ Retail Sustainability Award — H-E-B, Kroger, Publix, Safeway, Wakefern/Shoprite and Wegmans — the magnitude of the news set in. Patti Olenick, sustainability manager for this year’s winner, Weis Markets — the 163-store, family chain, headquartered in Sunbury, PA, with stores scattered among five eastern states, — says she was taken aback. “We were honored and elated, but did we have enough to fill the pages?” she and her exec-
utive team contemplated after receiving word of this unex- pected recognition.
If only Olenick realized the novella unfolding as she welcomed us to the corporate headquarters of the publicly held — yet independently spirited retailer — to begin a tour of the new Weis/Selinsgrove store, then its remodeled flagship located in Lewisburg, PA, followed by a visit to its bustling centralized distribution center in Milton, and lastly to a burgeoning “Urban Fresh”-format store near Philadelphia. The
BY MIRA SLOTT
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