Monday November 28, 2011
DI BRUNO BROS. EXPANDS IN THE ARDMORE FARMERS MARKET
Continuing the Spirit of Culinary Pioneering With Even More Options for the Main Line
ARDMORE—Di Bruno Bros. announces the expansion of their new location in the Ardmore Farmers Market at Suburban Square. The iconic Philadelphia gourmet purveyor opened in the Ardmore Farmers Market in April of this year with five stalls across two aisles of the market. Opening date for the expansion is slated for the first week in December, bringing their number of stalls up to six and counting. The additional space will allow Di Bruno’s to expand their offerings of best selling products and customer favorites, and add new product offerings inspired by customer requesst such as pasta, sauces, breads, and deli meats. The timing was deliberately planned to provide greater service and product offerings during the holiday season. DiBruno Bros. will celebrate the launch with daily specials, samplings and demonstrations seven days a week until New Year’s Eve.
“We are grateful for the overwhelming response from our New Neighborhood, our custoemr counts and sales have exceeded our greatest expectations. The robust community of food enthusiasts support Di Bruno Bros. as we continue our quest to be one of the finest specialty food destinations on the Main Line,” said Billy Mignucci Jr., President of Di Bruno Bros. and grandson of founder Danny Di Bruno. “We are excited to continue our 70 year legacy of celebrating great food and great people to the Ardmore Farmers Market.”
The additional space will allow Di Bruno Bros. to expand offerings of customer’s favorites as well as introduce new specialty food items, includingfresh and frozen homemade pastas and sauces. In the spirit of culinary pioneering, DiBruno Bros. has sourced Cucina Fresca from Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Di Bruno Bros. Ardmore location will be the exclusive East Coast retailer for the boutique pasta sauce brand, which specializes in handmade small batch sauces and pastas. The expansion will allow Di Bruno Bros. to offer “grab and go” Family Portions of a selection of Di Bruno Bros. most popular prepared food choices.
An expanded artisanal and traditional bread selection will include customer favorites like challah, sliced and whole rye and pumpernickle loaves, as well as a variety of traditional Italian breads and dinner rolls. The expansion also allows for a more comprehensive offering of conventional and Jewish deli classics including Russian potato salad, homemade sauerkraut, kashe varnishkes, health salad, kanishes, latkesand stuffed cabbage. New featured delibrands include Sigensburg, Hebrew Nationaland Nodines Products for items like apple smoked ham, brisket, liverwurst, Jewish pastrami and knockwurst. A variety of store made and artisanal unique pickle products fromBrooklyn Brine, Guss’ Pickles and McClure’s Pickles and newspecialty mustards, horseradishes and dressings will complete the deli experience.
In early 2012 Di Bruno Bros. will introduce a “made-to-order” sandwich offering that will include a “Grilled Cheese Sandwich Program” unique to Di Bruno Bros. Daily grilled cheese selections will incorporatethe best DiBruno Bros. cheeses and condiments for creative and elevated renditions of the American classic.
The additional space will also allow for a greater service offering to clientele of DiBruno Bros. catering division.
Just in time for holiday, the Ardmore location will be able to offer ready to serve party trays for large and small crowds and pre-made gourmet gift baskets. If an item is not found in Di Bruno’s stores, they will explore the global culinary community to find it. Items available at Di Bruno Bros. other locations can be requested and ready for pick up in Ardmore with just 24 to 48 hours notice.
The Ardmore location features the following specialties:
· Fresh mozzarella-made live daily
· International and domestic cheeses from around the world
· Daily product samplings
· Petrossian caviar, smoked fish and foie gras
· Hand made salads, hot sandwich classics and artisanal paninis
· Guest Chef cooking demonstrations and book signings
· Homemade soups
· Fresh Chef prepared foods
· Hand-sliced deli meats, cured meats and charcuterie
· A vast collection of extra virgin olive oils and imported vinegars
· Homemade specialty condiments ~ fresh salsa, bruscetta and tapenades
· Crackers and Cookies
· Gourmet coffee and teas
· Fine confections and chocolates from Eclat Chocolates, John and Kira’s and Vosges
· Pasta sauces
· Freshly baked artisanal breads
· Gourmet Gift Baskets
Di Bruno Bros. will collaborate with local and international beer breweries to host a series of wine, beer and cheese pairings and tastings at the Ardmore Farmers Market location. Custom corporate and personal catering services will be offered, and for customer convenience, appointments and tastings will be available in the Ardmore Farmers Market or at the client’s home or business, and same day service available in some cases.
Di Bruno’s Ardmore location will arouse the senses and taste buds of customers with visual food displays similar to the Chestnut Street location in Rittenhouse Row. Visitors will find 20 feet of cheese display featuring 200-pound wheels of cheese and 16 feet of prepared gourmet items accented with hanging artisanal salamis, provolone and legs of prosciutto suspended from the ceiling. Architect and designer Hugh Boyd, who is best known for his work on the Grand Central Terminal Market in New York City, designed the visual presentation of Di Bruno Bros. space within the Ardmore Farmers Market.
Di Bruno Bros. first opened in Philadelphia’s Italian Market in 1939 as a grocery and convenience store and has been a part of the fabric of the Philadelphia food community for more than 70 years. A culinary destination for all food enthusiasts, the company has three additional retail locations including the Italian Market, in Rittenhouse Square and the Market & Shops at Comcast Center. Di Bruno Bros. will be open six days a week, Tuesday through Sunday. For more information about Di Bruno Bros. please visit www.dibruno.com.
The Ardmore Farmers Market was established in the 1980’s and is one of the oldest and most successful Markets. It is owned by Kimco Realty and located at Anderson and Coulter Avenues in the Suburban Square retail complex.
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