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Stop & Shop Framingham Unveils Remodel and Expanded Selection
Stop & Shop will present Framingham State University with $7,500 to help fight food insecurity amongst students
Stop & Shop celebrates the official grand reopening of its newly remodeled Framingham location (235 Old Connecticut Path). The new remodel is part of the brand’s multi-year commitment to refresh stores across its footprint and improve the customer shopping experience.
Highlights of the remodeled Framingham store include:
· Expanded Grab & Go Prepared Foods
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· Remodeled Produce Department
· Remodeled Bakery Department
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· Over 800 new products across the store including and expanded Multicultural assortment featuring:
o Popular Caribbean & West Indian brands
o Seasonings, spices, and flavors from across the world,
o New Halal Products across dairy and grocery
“Our team is excited to help our customers explore the hundreds of new products at shelf and provide them with an enhanced experience in store,” said John Esslinger, Manager of Stop & Shop Framingham.” We are also very proud of the community we have built here in Framingham, from our relationships with our customers to the partnership we have created in the community, including our support of students at Framingham State University.”
To celebrate the store’s official reopening, Stop & Shop is hosting sampling and giveaways on Friday, April 11th from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, April 12th and 13th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Stop & Shop will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday April 11th at 11 a.m. and present a check for $7,500 to Framingham State University to help support the Rams Resource Center as part of its School Food Pantry Program. According to 2024 statistics, 87% of students at Framingham State University are eligible for Pell Grants.
Established in 2019, the Stop & Shop School Food Pantry program was established to help limit barriers impacting students’ ability to succeed in the classroom by making sure that they have consistent access to food. The program currently serves over 260 schools across the Northeast and is one of the largest school food pantry programs in the country. This is the fourth year that Stop & Shop has partnered with Framingham State University, and has provided the school with over $17,500 in total to ensure students in need have access to nutritious, shelf stable food items.
Stop & Shop also honored Krystalee Fernandez, an FSU student, with a $6,000 scholarship to study nutrition and healthy eating.
Stop & Shop Framingham is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays. For more information visit Stopandshop.com.