Price Chopper

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Price Chopper, a 42-store banner of Associated Wholesale Grocers, is reporting tremendous response to its 'KC's Heroes' program to send "comfort items" items to troops from the Kansas City metro area who are serving in Iraq. As Price Chopper matches all donations item for item, the more than two tons of items so far collected translates to over four tons total.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) and Price Chopper have joined forces to create a new curriculum tailored to the 106-strong supermarket chain's employees, according to published sources.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - Price Chopper plans to install DVmatic automated DVD rental machines from New York-based ELO Media, to provide a comprehensive DVD rental machine for the delivery of fast and convenient rental services to its customers.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - Price Chopper this week, through the Golub Foundation, awarded $52,000 in scholarships to nine high school students and a Providence, R.I. college graduate. They're among an elite group of 10 scholarship winners from the six states in which Price Chopper operates.

ALBANY, N.Y. - Supermarket chain Price Chopper, together with Senior Services of Albany, has launched a program designed to offer the region's senior citizens access to discounted goods and services from a wide variety of service providers, restaurants, and retail outlets.

ROTTERDAM, N.Y. - Golub Corp. has selected KeyBank, N.A. to expedite electronic check clearing for its Price Chopper supermarket chain, according to a story in The Business Review.

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Insignia Systems, Inc. announced today the addition of Price Chopper to its Insignia POPSign network of grocery retailers. Price Chopper operates 105 stores in the northeastern United States, primarily in New York.