Power Outages Delay Some Store Openings

[Sherman A1]

NEW YORK — Widespread power outages in the Northeast kept some supermarkets closed Tuesday, while others gradually reopened throughout the day in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Karen Meleta, a spokeswoman for Keasbey, N.J.-based Wakefern, told SN Tuesday that many ShopRite stores throughout the region were without electricity, as was the company's Edison, N.J., distribution center, which was running on generator power.

"We're slowly coming back online," she said. "Today our focus is on reovery, getting [refrigerated trucks] to where they are needed, and getting supplies to the areas that need them."
She said several Wakefern facilities were running with "skeleton crews."

"The safety of our workers is our main concern," Meleta said.

Tracy Pawelski, a Carlisle, Pa.-based spokeswoman for Ahold USA, told SN that as of Tuesday afternoon "under 20" Stop & Shop stores in New York and New Jersey were closed due to damage, flooding or road closures as a result of the powerful storm, which caused what some estimated as tens of billions of dollars in damages.


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[customerserviceguy]

1. You should see the lines for gasoline

The Garden State Parkway has service islands in the middle of the road, the off-ramp for the one I passed on the way home yesterday had people backed up for about a quarter mile before the pumps. Even in more-expensive NY (40 cents a gallon more taxes) there were lines at a neighborhood Citgo station last night.

Glad I filled the tank before the storm hit.

[Sherman A1]

2. I am sure they are very long lines

and hope all returns to something resembling normal shortly for the area. You were indeed wise to fill up prior to the storm and that is good advice to everyone.