SPRINGFIELD, N.J., July 11, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Village Super Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:VLGEA) announced it anticipates acquiring the store fixtures, lease and other assets of a location in Absecon, New Jersey. This acquisition is contingent upon the completion by Wakefern Food Corp. of its acquisition of the locations of nine Stop & Shop stores in southern New Jersey. No date has been set for the opening of the Absecon store as a ShopRite.
Village Super Market operates a chain of 23 supermarkets under the ShopRite name in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.