'Supermarket Diversity' Petition Exceeds Goal of 500 Supporters

Four area residents who started a have exceeded their goal of 500 signatures, Gigi Arnold said Tuesday.

Arnold, a Northampton Township resident who has been working to get signatures for the petition she and the others started in January, said they now have 545 people on board.

She said the petition has been sent to the corporate offices of Whole Foods and Wegmans. 

After the news that , including the one in Newtown, Arnold said she was prompted to act.

The petition, which the group circulated throughout Newtown and beyond, reads: “The purchase of Genuardi’s by the Giant Corporation promotes stagnation in the marketplace. An example of a diverse and progressive supermarket would be Wegman’s or Whole Foods.”  

“We’re asking for upscale supermarket diversity,” Arnold said last month. “Wegmans is an experience. It’s lower prices, fresher produce and more variety. At Whole foods, everything is healthy.”