ShopRite Wyckoff Store 'Almost Ready' To Open [Video]

WYCKOFF, NJ — ShopRite is getting closer to opening its new store on Greenwood Avenue.

The store hoisted and installed its sign recently and posted on its Facebook page that it was "almost ready" to open.

Inserra Supermarkets confirmed in November that the store would open next month. Ground was broken for the long-awaited store in April.

The 62,000-square-foot store at Greenwood and Wyckoff avenues will feature locally-sourced produce and a health and wellness department with a registered dietitian.

The store will feature several energy-saving measures, including energy-efficient refrigeration and lighting.

The opening comes years after the Mahwah-based Inserra Supermarkets battled with competitor Stop & Shop in court.

Stop & Shop contended that the Wyckoff Planning Board did not have jurisdiction to consider ShopRite's 2010 application because a "supermarket" was not a permitted use in the zone where ShopRite is being built.

ShopRite's application before the Wyckoff Planning Board dates back to 2010 when the first of what would eventually be 38 hearings on the application was held over two years.

The board unanimously approved the application in February 2013, which kicked off the legal battle and series of appeals by Stop & Shop.

The case eventually made its way to the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division where a three-judge panel eventually ruled in favor of ShopRite.

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• Ground To Be Broken On Wyckoff ShopRite Monday

Email: daniel.hubbard@patch.com

Video: Barry Houldsworth filmed the installation with a drone.