Uncle Giuseppe’s, a gourmet Italian grocer, is coming to King of Prussia and Moorestown
The New York-based chain is planning to open its first two stores in the Philadelphia region next year.
Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace, a New York-based chain of high-end Italian supermarkets, is expanding into the Philadelphia area.
The company recently announced plans to open stores in King of Prussia and Moorestown in late 2027.
The King of Prussia market, the chain’s first Pennsylvania location, is set to open at 320 W. DeKalb Pike, the site of the closed Hobby Lobby in the DeKalb Plaza shopping center.
The Moorestown store, the first in South Jersey, will be located at 1311 Nixon Dr., replacing the Barnes & Noble and PetSmart in the East Gate Square complex.
Each of the new locations will be about 58,000 square feet.
“King of Prussia and Moorestown are two markets we’ve been looking at for some time,” Carl DelPrete, CEO and cofounder of Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace, said in a statement. “We look for communities where we believe our stores will be a good fit and where customers are looking for fresh, quality food and good service.”
Founded on Long Island in 2001, Uncle Giuseppe’s now operates 13 locations in New York and North Jersey.
Every store sells made-in-house mozzarella, homemade pasta, prepared foods, fresh produce, specialty cheeses, imported Italian products, natural and organic items, and more traditional groceries. Each market also has full-service meat and seafood departments, an Italian deli, a scratch bakery, and a catering department.
Company executives call shopping at Uncle Giuseppe’s an experience, one in which customers can watch pasta, mozzarella, and bread being made and see meats being cut to order.
The company is expanding as some other chain grocers contract — and some consumers cut back due to higher prices.
Earlier this year, Amazon closed all of its brick-and-mortar Amazon Fresh stores, including six in the Philadelphia region, and Grocery Outlet bargain market closed dozens of stores nationwide, including eight in the Philadelphia area.
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Gourmet grocers have not been spared. Di Bruno Bros., the Philly-based Italian-food retailer, closed three of its five locations this winter, two years after being acquired by Wakefern Food Corp., the North Jersey-based supermarket cooperative that operates ShopRite.
Despite industry uncertainty, Uncle Giuseppe’s is not the only grocer expanding. Sprouts, the organic supermarket chain, is adding stores, too, including in Havertown, Limerick, and Washington Township.
The Washington Township outpost will be up and running Sept. 11, with the Limerick store to follow Oct. 2. The Havertown location is set to open in early 2027.
Opening dates, store hours, and other information about Uncle Giuseppe’s new stores will be announced next year, company executives said.
