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In Business: Kimberton Foods, WM Both Grow; Watch Pfizer
The Kimberton Whole Foods store in Collegeville

In Business: Kimberton Whole Foods, WM Both Grow; Pfizer-Watching

In local business news, Kimberton Whole Foods expands again, at a Hankin Group center. WM (formerly known as Waste Management) completes its acquisition of Stericycle Inc. Pfizer invites the public to a Nov. 13 webcast.

Kimberton Whole Foods to Add Eighth Store

KIMBERTON PA – Kimberton Whole Foods, now a seven-location supermarket of local, natural, and organic foods and other products, plans to open its eighth store during Spring 2026.

The selected site is on Rice Boulevard at Eagleview Town Center in Uwchlan Township (Exton), Chester County, ProgressiveGrocer.com reports. With an estimated 14,000 square feet, it is scheduled to be Kimberton Whole Food’s largest Chester County store, author Bridget Goldschmidt writes.

In Business: Kimberton Foods, WM Both Grow; Watch Pfizer
Grab-and-go meals and curbside pick-up service, already a part of the Kimberton Whole Foods store in Collegeville, will be duplicated at Eagleview Town Center

The company currently operates stores in Kimberton, Douglassville, Downingtown, Ottsville, Malvern, Collegeville and Wyomissing.

The independent, family-owned and -operated market says it expects to offer a broad array of goods. They include fresh organic produce, grass-fed meats and dairy products, specialty cheeses, natural and organic grocery staples, baked goods, supplements, and body care items.

Options for Customers

Customers will also be able to choose from a full menu of grab-and-go meals, including wraps, sandwiches, salads, soups, grain bowls, sushi, heat-and-eat dinner entrées, and raw foods. The store will offer online shopping and curbside pickup.

The larger size will enable it to “expand our family-owned company, and widen our distribution of products from local farmers and food producers,” Chief Operating Officer Ezra Brett told Goldschmidt. Construction is anticipated to begin later this month.

Eagleview, a mixed-use community created by The Hankin Group, is near Interstate 76 and state Route 100, commercial leasing manager Sam Sherrill explains. The arrival of Kimberton Whole Foods, he adds, would present “a premier sustainable, walkable grocery option.”

Hankin Group also plans to expand its “Claremont on the Square” luxury apartment community by adding 41 new apartment units above the market.

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WM Completes Stericycle Inc. Acquisition

WM, which operates locally and formerly was known as Waste Management, has completed its acquisition of medical waste disposal company Stericycle Inc.

HOUSTON TX – WM, the Houston-based company known until 2022 as Waste Management, on Tuesday (Nov. 4, 2024) completed its $7.2 billion acquisition of Stericycle Inc. Stericycle handles medical waste disposal. Both operate across portions of Montgomery, Berks, and Chester counties.

WM says its purchase is a “complementary” addition to its “suite of comprehensive waste and environmental solutions.”

Locally, WM provides residential and commercial refuse services in Pottstown, Birdsboro, Douglass (Montgomery) Township, Trappe, Phoenixville, Skippack, King of Prussia, Lansdale, Reading, and West Chester, its website reports. Stericycle operates facilities in Morgantown (Berks County), Southampton, the Philadelphia area, and elsewhere in Pennsylvania, according to its website.

Stericycle becomes part of a “new WM Healthcare Solutions division, comprised of (WM’s) regulated medical waste and secure information destruction businesses,” WM adds.

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Your Invitation to See a Pfizer Webcast

NEW YORK NY – Have any interest in what Pfizer Inc. is doing lately, in both medicine and as a business? The company, which operates locally at the life sciences and office campus on Arcola Road in Collegeville, is offering the public an invitation to sit in on a Nov. 13 (Wednesday) live investors’ webcast scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST.

Pfizer Executive Vice President Aamir Malik, the company’s chief U.S. commercial officer, is its featured speaker. He’ll appear in a session being held at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference in California. Online advance registration is required.

If you invest in Pfizer stock directly, or if your mutual fund company or 401K does, you might want to take a gander. Or if you’re looking for a job with Pfizer, and want to more about where the pharma giant is heading. Or if you’re simply curious about what goes on at meetings intended for investors.

Can’t make it for the meeting? That’s OK. The recorded webcast will be available for viewing on Pfizer’s website for 90 days later, it adds.