Stew Leonard's Readies Store for May Opening

Family-owned and operated Stew Leonard’s Farm Fresh Food and Wine will open its Clifton, New Jersey location on May 17.  

The new 56,000-square-foot grocery and wine store marks Stew Leonard’s eighth store in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut tri-state area and its second food and wine store in New Jersey. It will feature products from more than a dozen local vendors and dozens of New Jersey farms.  

“Stew Leonard’s in Clifton has the look and feel of a farmer’s market,” said President & CEO Stew Leonard Jr., in a statement  “Everything will be made fresh in front of our shoppers’ eyes, from bagels coming out of the oven to meat being cut to order. Plus, this is the most fun my family and I have ever put into a store, with new animatronic shows and some eye-popping decor, including a 14-foot-tall lighthouse inspired by Old Barney.”  

The new store will employ more than 300 employees with another 200 added to support seasonal sales later in the year.  The location will offer signature elements found in other locations such as a one-way aisle and free ice cream with every $100 spent using the Stew Leonard’s loyalty app.  Since more than 80 percent of the products sold by Stew Leonard’s are fresh, the new store’s production areas were designed as open concept so that customers can see the store’s culinary teams at work.   

Styertowne Shopping Center will also be the new home of Stew Leonard’s Wines & Spirits of Clifton, which will move from its current location at The Promenade Shops At Clifton to the interior of the Clifton food store, offering shoppers, one-stop-shopping for fresh food as well as more than 1,200 wines, 1,100 spirits, and 350 beers.