Stop & Shop New England Extends Store Hours Thursday and Friday to Help Communities Prepare for Winter Storm Nemo

QUINCY, Mass., Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In preparation of the approaching Winter Storm Nemo, Stop & Shop New England Division has extended the hours of all store locations and Stop & Shop gas stations Thursday, Feb. 7 and Friday, February 8.  All New England Stop & Shop locations will remain open until midnight on Thursday, Feb. 7 and will open at 6 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 8.

Officials recommend residents stock up on supplies such as water among other supplies that may be necessary should power outages occur.

Stop & Shop recommends the following staples:

• Milk and bread
• Non-perishable food items like canned soup, crackers, granola bars, nuts among others.
• Fruit
• Batteries
• Paper goods
• Bottled Water
• Rock salt, snow shovels and windshield washer fluid

"With record amounts of snow predicted for New England, Stop & Shop is doing all we can to help our customers prepare for the storm," said Suzi Robinson, spokesperson for Stop & Shop New England Division. "We are working closely with our store and transportation teams and supplier partners to keep our stores stocked and ready to serve our communities." 

Information regarding storm related activity and updates in each local Stop & Shop is available. Please contact Suzi Robinson (New England Division) at [email protected] or 617-276-7756 for further details.

To learn more about Stop & Shop visit www.stopandshop.com.

SOURCE Stop & Shop