Price Chopper to Expand Footprint

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Price Chopper here on Friday unveiled an expansion plan that includes building a new headquarters, expanding the chain’s warehouse capacity and adding several new stores. New stores are planned for Hamilton and Warwick, N.Y., and Durham and Windsor, Conn.; store expansions are slated for Saratoga, Malta and Granville, N.Y. The company also said it planned to replace existing locations in Shrewsbury, Mass., and Colonie, N.Y. Another 30 sites are under consideration in the Northeast, the company said. In addition, Price Chopper plans to add 524,000 square feet of warehouse space near the company’s current headquarters facility, including an 89,000-square-foot addition to the perishable warehouse, a 100,000-square-foot addition to the grocery warehouse, a new, 40,000-square-foot resource recovery center and a new, 275,000-square-foot general merchandise warehouse. The company also plans to build a new, six-story, 240,000-square-foot headquarters building here.

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