Dean & DeLuca Expands SoHo Roots with New Upper East Side Location; Signature European Marketplace To Revitalize Corner of 85th and Madison.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2002 Dean & DeLuca, the multi-channel retailer of gourmet and specialty foods, wine and kitchenware, announced today that it will open a new store location on Manhattan's Upper East Side at 1150 Madison Avenue Madison Avenue, celebrated street of Manhattan, borough of New York City. It runs from Madison Square (23d St.) to the Madison Bridge over the Harlem River (138th St.). In the 1940s and 50s, some of the major U.S. , in the Fall of 2003. Dean & DeLuca acquired the long-term lease for the 8,750 square foot space currently occupied by Gristedes on the North West corner of 85th street from The Brodsky Organization. "The opening of our latest Manhattan store is an important step in our carefully targeted retail expansion strategy," said Dean & DeLuca President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dane Neller. "We're thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. to have found such a great space in a prime location that will better serve our Upper East Side clientele. Our planned store launch has generated great enthusiasm within the community, and we have many creative ideas for transforming this corner market, where Fifth Avenue residents like Jackie O. once shopped, into the neighborhood's premier culinary cu·li·nar·y adj. Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery. [Latin cul  n destination."
Much like its flagship store located at 560 Broadway in Manhattan's SoHo district, the new Upper East Side Dean & Deluca will feature a European style marketplace environment with displays of the finest specialty products including gourmet prepared foods, high-end produce, charcuterie, cheese, baked goods, coffee and imported goods. In addition, the market will feature Dean & DeLuca's extensive line of branded products such as coffees and teas, oils and vinegars, herbs and spices, and chocolates. Exacting standards govern the selection of every Dean & DeLuca specialty item within the store as experts from each food category carefully select products from around the world based on taste, quality, and uniqueness. "When Joel Dean and Giorgio DeLuca Giorgio DeLuca is one of the founders, along with Joel Dean and Jack Ceglic, of the gourmet grocery store Dean & DeLuca in September 1977. Before that, DeLuca owned a cheese shop on Prince Street in New York City which he opened in 1973. opened our first store nearly a quarter century ago, they helped inspire a new culinary movement in America by introducing specialty foods from around the globe," continued Neller. "I am extremely pleased that the planned opening of our latest Manhattan store continues in this fine tradition." Dean & DeLuca currently operates twelve retail stores and cafe's in select locations throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The Company's expansion within New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. follows the Company's recent entry into the international market through an agreement with Japan's ITOCHU Corporation to launch a specialty food store and cafe in Tokyo's fashionable Aoyama district. Other Dean & DeLuca store openings are planned in the near future. About Dean & DeLuca Founded in 1977 by Joel Dean, Giorgio DeLuca and Jack Ceglic with the opening of its flagship store in SoHo New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Dean & DeLuca has quickly grown into a multi-channel retailer of gourmet and specialty foods, premium wines and high-end kitchenware with operations throughout the United States and abroad. Dean & DeLuca specialty products are sold through its twelve retail stores and cafes in select U.S. markets (New York, Washington, D.C., Napa Valley Napa Valley, Calif.: see under Napa. Napa Valley greatest wine-producing region of the United States. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2990] See : Wine , Charlotte, and Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , MO), a consumer and corporate gift catalogue, and an e-commerce site, www.deandeluca.com. Dean & DeLuca also markets its private label products to other retailers and wholesalers throughout the world. Through an exclusive Licensing and Distribution Agreement with ITOCHU Corporation of Japan, Dean & DeLuca will expand into the Japanese market with the launch of its flagship Tokyo store planned in 2003. |
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