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Karns Quality Foods, with eight locations in Pennsylvania, will open its ninth store at a former Darrenkamp site in Etters, Pennsylvania. This will be the independent retailer’s first store in York County.
Darrenkamp’s closed three of its four locations at the end of 2018 and sold the fourth to Giant Food Stores, a banner of Ahold Dehaize. The 39,000-square-foot store, which will only need a few interior updates, is set to open in early 2020 and will feature Karn’s 84-foot meat and seafood counter that will face the butcher shop at the store. It will also feature an updated produce department, self-checkouts and an expanded salad bar.
“Karns Foods is excited about the opportunity to join the York community,” President Scott Karns said in a press release. “Karns’ food team can’t wait to share our extensive meat and seafood aisles, in-store sausage offerings, fresh produce, local produce, and arguably the best whoopie pies in town.”
Karns is also expanding its store in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania by 10,000 square feet.
“We really take our time as a company to grow smarter, making sure our resources are aligned and we’re able to meet the needs of everyone we meet and serve,” said Andrea Karns, vice president. -president of sales and marketing, in a local. Newscast. “It’s not about numbers, it’s about getting the job done right.”
