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ShopRite to Take Over Del. Safeway Site: Report

WILMINGTON, Del. — Kenny Family ShopRites here is set to take over and expand a former Safeway in Bear, Del., according to local reports. Kenny, a member of the Wakefern Food Corp. cooperative, operates four other Delaware ShopRite locations in Wilmington, Newark and Stanton.

WILMINGTON, Del. — Kenny Family ShopRites here is set to take over and expand a former Safeway in Bear, Del., according to local reports. Kenny, a member of the Wakefern Food Corp. cooperative, operates four other Delaware ShopRite locations in Wilmington, Newark and Stanton.

The Bear location opened under the Genuardi's banner but was later switched to the Safeway banner. It closed in January. According to the local News-Journal newspaper, ShopRite will expand the store to approximately 63,000 square feet and reopen it in December under the ShopRite banner. Kenny was not immediately available for comment.