PFMA welcomes new members at the start of 2022
The association rang in the new year with new retail member Turkey Hill Minit Market and associate members Withum and Koin Keepr. Originally started in Lancaster by brothers Charles and Emerson Frey, Turkey Hill Minit Market aimed to provide quality products and excellent service. Turkey Hill grew to 270 stores, offering Turkey Hill products and other snacks, […]
Legislator Spotlight: State Rep. Bryan Cutler
What are your top three legislative priorities in 2022? If you follow the actions of the legislature, early 2022 will be dominated by conversations and actions around redistricting. The legislature must approve a new Congressional map, which will feature one less district after the census, and the legislative reapportionment commission will produce districts for the […]
High’s stores introduces its cool treats, good eats to PA
Describing the last quarter of the year at High’s as busy is an understatement. Meghan Mattern, advertising and social media manager for Carroll Motor Fuels and High’s, has a packed schedule and is constantly on the road. But it’s a “busy” that she loves because—as neighborhood stores—her days are filled with events that invest in the […]
Leevers joins PFMA
In November, Leevers Supermarkets, Inc., became a PFMA member, adding 14 Save A Lot stores from the Philadelphia area to the association. Earlier this year, the Colorado-based Leevers Supermarkets acquired the Philadelphia stores. Leevers is a family-owned chain that also operates Save A Lots and Colorado Ranch Markets stores in Colorado. Leevers has been in business for 75 years. […]
Legislator Spotlight: State Sen. Mario Scavello
What are your top three legislative priorities in 2021? One thing I want to do is help the airports and create an incentive for properties around the airports (so that) for every job they create they get some sort of tax break. It doesn’t cost us anything. If they don’t create a job, they get […]
Turning a homemade classic into a 100-year success story
The year Babe Ruth made headlines for breaking his third home run record, Bill and Salie Utz were preparing to knock it out of the park in the snack world. One hundred years ago in a small-town kitchen in Hanover, Pa., Bill and Salie Utz made some simple changes to a household favorite that created […]
PFMA welcomes new members
Two retail members and one associate member have joined PFMA since September. High’s Stores and Carroll Motor Fuel is a convenience store headquartered in Baltimore, Md., with several locations in southern Pennsylvania. The chain joined PFMA as a retail member in September. The High’s brand began as a Mid-Atlantic ice cream store chain in 1928, growing to […]
Legislator Spotlight: State Rep. Pam Snyder
What are your top three legislative priorities in 2021? My top priority remains closing Pennsylvania’s digital divide by bringing high-speed broadband internet to every home across the Commonwealth. I’m also focused on protecting our energy jobs in the coal and gas industries and fixing our broken property tax system so we can fairly fund education. […]
‘Zero value in wasted food’
The concept is simple enough. Globally, up to 40 percent of usable food is wasted a day. And yet, one in seven people don’t have enough to eat. So, connect the food to the people. Logistically, it’s a little trickier. That’s where the Pittsburgh- based nonprofits 412 Food Rescue and Food Rescue Hero swoop in.“Good food belongs […]
A treasure between tourist attractions
What’s the secret to making it in business more than a century? “Be nice, be fair, be productive,” said Mike Pronio, third-generation family owner of Pronio’s Market in downtown Hershey. “It’s simple.” Beneath towering coaster tracks and behind the latest strip of chain stores, just two block from Chocolate Avenue, is a neighborhood staple. The […]