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Jungle Jim’s to Open 2nd Store

FAIRFIELD, Ohio — Jungle Jim’s International Market, the destination specialty store here, will open a second location in early 2012, company officials told SN Monday.

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

October 11, 2010

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FAIRFIELD, Ohio — Jungle Jim’s International Market, the destination specialty store here, will open a second location in early 2012, company officials told SN Monday.

The store will be built in a former Bigg’s location in Union Township, Ohio, an eastern suburb of Cincinnati and about 40 minutes from Fairfield, Phill Adams, Jungle Jim’s director of development, told SN.

“We’ve been looking for a new site for about 10 years, but for whatever reason it hasn’t worked out,” Adams said. “In this case everything fell into place, Bigg’s vacated the property, the size was right and the location is good.”

The Bigg’s store in Union was one of five locations closed by Supervalu when it wound down the former superstore chain earlier this year.

Jungle Jim’s had tentative plans to expand to a redeveloped industrial site in Oakley, Ohio, in 2005 but the developer encountered issues and the project did not go forward, Adams said.

About the Author

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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