HANOVER — BJ’s Wholesale Club announced that its club in Whippany will open on Friday, March 21.
The club, located at 831 State Route 10, will feature an on-site BJ’s Gas location, with low fuel prices every day and potential extra savings through BJ’s Fuel Saver Program.
BJ’s offers unmatched value on everyday essentials in a convenient one-stop shop. Members save on fresh foods, produce, full-service deli items, bakery goods, household essentials, home décor, pet supplies, toys, consumer electronics, and more. BJ’s members love the true treasure-hunt shopping experience, finding new and exciting items with every visit.
“We’re excited to help the families of Whippany save up to 25% off grocery store prices every day,” said Mauro Amato, Club Manager, Whippany BJ’s Wholesale Club. “Our purpose is to care for the families who depend on us, and we’re thrilled to be part of the community.”
BJ’s has a longstanding commitment to nourishing its communities. For over 15 years, it has worked with Feeding America and its network of food banks, providing more than 125 million meals for those in need. In Whippany, BJ’s is partnering with The Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ) by donating produce, meat, dairy products, and more every week to Food for Hope and Interfaith Food Pantry.
Additionally, BJ’s Charitable Foundation donated $75,000 to CFBNJ to support its Family Pack program, which provides over 25,000 meals to students and their families on weekends to help ease food insecurity.
“BJ’s Wholesale Club has been a valuable supporter in building healthier communities in New Jersey,” said Elizabeth McCarthy, President and CEO of Community FoodBank of New Jersey. “We’re grateful for their ongoing partnership, and we’re thrilled to continue our work together as they open a new location in Whippany.”
BJ’s members can choose from several time-saving options, whether shopping online or in-club. Curbside pick-up, in-club pick-up, same-day delivery, and standard delivery are available on BJs.com, while members shopping in-club can use ExpressPay through BJ’s mobile app to scan products as they shop and skip the checkout line.
DOVER—James Johnson has been elected to membership in the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the College of New Jersey. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.
Johnson joins approximately 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff, and alumni inducted into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of their degree candidates may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff, and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi has chapters on more than 300 campuses in the United States, its territories, and the Philippines. Its mission is to “cultivate a community that celebrates and advances the love of learning.”
For more information, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org.
EAST HANOVER — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin confirmed the filing of civil lawsuits against two licensed New Jersey firearms retailers for repeatedly selling gun-related products to undercover investigators without the buyer demonstrating that they could lawfully possess a firearm. The stores are Butch’s Gun World in Vineland and Point Blank Guns and Ammo in East Hanover. Each store’s sales included selling a 1,000-round case of AR-15 rifle ammunition for cash. Such unsafe and irresponsible sales are unlawful, and these suits aim to deter such conduct in the future. (Click here to download the complaint)
These actions enforce compliance with this important requirement, which protects the public against threats and gun violence by persons who acquire gun-related products even though they cannot lawfully possess them. Such persons include, though are not limited to, persons with prior felony convictions, persons prohibited from having firearms under domestic violence restraining orders, those on terrorist watch lists, persons who were previously confined for mental health disorders, and more.
“Keeping guns out of the wrong hands is a critical public safety priority. That is why the Legislature required New Jersey’s gun industry to adopt meaningful measures to avoid selling ammunition and other gun-related products to people who cannot legally possess a gun,” said Attorney General Platkin. “The compliance requirements this law imposes are no different from the demands we place on other industries that create a hazard to human health, and we will enforce our law.”
“Almost a year ago, we notified the gun industry of our first actions under the 2022 legislation. That law requires anyone selling gun-related parts, including ammunition, to take steps to ensure that they are selling only to those legally permitted to possess firearms,” said Ravi Ramanathan, Director of the Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement Office (SAFE). “We were disappointed to find not one, but two, gun shops selling cases of AR-15 ammunition for cash without first verifying that the buyers can lawfully possess firearms.”
Earlier this year, investigators from SAFE visited these stores and made purchases with cash.
The stores did not ask for the purchaser’s identification, permit, or credential in each instance. Instead, the stores made sales—including vast quantities of lethal ammunition for cash—without any apparent steps to exclude sales to prohibited firearms possessors.
These matters are being handled by Deputy Attorneys General Jonathan Mangel, Giancarlo Piccinini, Loren Miller, and Honors Law Clerk Andrea Cavazos under the supervision of Assistant Attorney General David Leit of the Special Litigation Section within the Division of Law’s Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group.
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