The Golub Corp. Unveils Market 32 Banner

The Golub Corporation unveiled  a  new  banner  for  its  stores—Market  32—and promised the new brand would change food shopping for  its customers by modernizing its  stores and offering new services and products. Market 32 stores will begin rolling out across the chain’s six-­state footprint this spring. “Market  32 represents the next leap forward for our company. We have evolved from the Public Service Market to Central Market to Price Chopper by responding to customers’ changing needs over time and Market 32 is the next natural progression for us,” said Neil Golub, Price Chopper’s executive chairman of the board. “Early learnings gleaned from our  Market Bistro concept store have put our next generation in an excellent position to make this move today.” Initially, three Price Chopper stores are being converted into Market 32 stores:  Shopper’s World in Clifton Park, N.Y.;  Wilton, N.Y.; and Pittsfield, Mass. The first “ground up” Market 32 will be built in Sutton, Mass. beginning on November 12, 2014. A second wave of conversions will begin over the next 18 months and encompass another 10 to 15 stores. More than half of the 135‐store chain will be converted within five years. In total, the investment in this phase of the evolution will be more than $300 million. “Market 32 combines what we are hearing from our customers and what we are learning at Market Bistro with some of the best thinking in the retail industry, and will focus on delivering a distinctively different shopping experience to our customers. Our stores will meet customers’ needs today and for decades to come. Most importantly, though, we will continue to offer great value for great food and service,”said Jerel Golub, Price Chopper’s president and CEO. The new stores will have expanded food service options, an enhanced product mix and a re‐emphasis on customer service.