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Bronx Met Foods Switching to Foodtown

ISLEIN, N.J. — Foodtown said Wednesday that a Bronx store owner, Bernabe Cabrera, has joined the marketing cooperative and would convert his store to the Foodtown brand next month

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

April 13, 2011

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JON SPRINGER

ISLEIN, N.J. — Foodtown said Wednesday that a Bronx store owner, Bernabe Cabrera, has joined the marketing cooperative and would convert his store to the Foodtown brand next month. Cabrera currently operates the store under the Met Food banner at 4332 White Plains Rd.

"We are ecstatic that Bernabe is joining Foodtown," Bill Donahoe, president and chief operating officer of Foodtown said in a statement. "It is a pleasure to be able to have someone of his caliber, and a long time highly respected individual join our cooperative. It helps solidify why we made the decision back in August to change our primary supplier and deliver on our growth commitment."

The store will be Foodtown's seventh location in the Bronx. Foodtown switched primary suppliers late last year from White Rose — the supplier for Met stores — to C&S Wholesale Grocers.

Foodtown is a cooperative of 68 independently owned and operated stores in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

About the Author

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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