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The only grocery store on Buffalo’s Eastside will reopen on Friday following the mass shooting at the Tops on Jefferson Avenue. On the 2 month anniversary of the racially motivated attack that killed 10 beautiful souls, Tops President John Persons was joined by several elected officials and the victims families to announce the reopening of […]
Yesterday, a federal grand jury has indicted the man who murdered 10 Black people at the Jefferson Ave Tops in Buffalo, NY. A 27-count indictment charges Payton Gendron, 19, of Conklin, Broome County, with 14 hate crimes and 13 firearms offenses, following the May 14 shooting at Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo. U.S. Attorney […]
Yesterday afternoon, the man who was behind the racially motivated mass shooting at the Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, Payton Gendron faced Judge Susan Egan for a scheduled pre-trial conference in Erie County. The white supremacist killed 10 Black people at the Tops supermarket while live-streaming the shooting and pleaded not guilty to 25 […]
After a grocery store shooting that killed ten people earlier this month in Buffalo. The Buffalo Bills is now handling funeral expenses for the family of one victim. Buffalo Bills special teams player Taiwan Jones was told by members of a Buffalo non-profit that there was a family that couldn’t afford the funeral expenses for someone […]
After the tragic event that took place in Buffalo, Buffalo leaders are working to get the Jefferson Avenue Tops operational again. According to Mayor Byron Brown, the evidence collection phase of the investigation has concluded and now the goal is to reopen the store. Tops Friendly Markets President John Persons stated: “It will take some […]
Any employee who was working inside the Tops supermarket in Buffalo when the mass shooting occurred now has access to grief counselors provided by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local One union. Frank DeRiso, president of UFCW Local One, stated: “You hear some of the stories of what these people witnessed and what they […]
In a local Tops on a Saturday afternoon, a predominantly Black community in Buffalo faced a horrific racially motivated mass shooting. The shooter has been identified as 18-year-old Payton Gendron of Conklin in Broome County, near Binghamton. Discoveries of the shooter circulated on social media shortly after, and it was then found a hate-filled, 180-page […]
Tops an Pricechopper announced on Monday that they would be merging together, effectively doubling their footprint in the northeast. As businesses struggle to deal with the pandemic, they have to find new and sometimes drastic measures to stay above water. Scott Grimmett, the new company’s CEO, gave a statement, saying: “This merger marks a major […]
A local Rochester mushroom farm has just won a huge cash prize of $250,000 from the GrowNYFarms competition. Leep Foods, located in a small industrial park outside of the city, was competing with other farms all over the world for the prize. “This is the base ingredient,” said Luke Luft, the production manager and mycologist, […]
Area grocery stores like Wegmans and Tops are limiting the purchase of some meat items. Going grocery shopping for my parents this weekend was pretty challenging when it came to buying meat. The meat shelves in Wegmans and Tops were not as stocked with meat as they normally are. So please be mindful when going […]