NYC grocers gripe over fruit vendors so close to stores: ‘Pick off our customers’

NYC grocers gripe over fruit vendors so close to stores: ‘Pick off our customers’

City grocery-store owners are blasting Big Apple officials for allowing licensed fruit and vegetable vendors on the same block as their shops — in some cases fewer than 30 feet away — eating into their profits. In Forest Hills, Queens, a fruit and vegetable stand is located just 25 feet from a Key Food supermarket … Read more

John Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Group to roll out of small nuclear reactors

John Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Group to roll out of small nuclear reactors

New York billionaire John Catsimatidis said his firm Red Apple Group is looking to make “green” energy affordable by developing a new breed of small nuclear reactors — and the company has hired a seasoned energy executive to lead the effort. The $7 billion conglomerate — which owns the Gristedes and D’Agostino’s grocery chains, as … Read more

John Catsimatidis promotes son to president of $7B Red Apple Group

John Catsimatidis promotes son to president of B Red Apple Group

Billionaire business mogul John Catsimatidis promoted his 30-year-old son to president and chief operating officer of the $7 billion Red Apple Group, which has a vast empire that spans media, real estate, fossil fuels, and the Gristedes and D’Agostino’s grocery chains in New York City. John Catsimatidis Jr., who was previously chief investment officer at … Read more