QuickChek
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Quick Chek is a privately owned, Whitehouse, New Jersey
based chain of convenience store
s with 121 stores in New Jersey and New York. The first store opened in Dunellen, New Jersey
in 1967, and has since then grown into a chain. Several stores include pharmacies
, gas stations, and liquor departments
The size of the stores range from smaller corner-type shops to larger convenience stores. Many stores are located in urban areas and most are open 24 hours a day. Stores with pharmacies tend to offer a pharmacy-like selection of health products and aids.
Quick Chek stores typically offer basic groceries such as bread
, milk
, and fresh convenience fruit
, as well as soft drink
s, bottled water
, and a wide selection of snack food
s. They also serve coffee
, ICEE
s, and sub sandwich
es. Some stores also serve milkshakes and frozen cappuccinos. Like most convenience stores, Quick Chek sells cigarette
s and other tobacco
products, along with lottery tickets
.
The stores sell sub sandwiches
and a variety of ciabatta sandwiches, wraps, breakfast sandwiches, salads, hamburgers, and weekender (24-inch) subs. Along with subs, various soups and chili are served. The deli also serves as an area for cold-cuts. The only way to place an order is by entering the order directly into a computer system, which sits in front of the deli counter.
in Readington, New Jersey
, which runs the last weekend in July. An outdoor Quick Chek is set up with an actual deli and coffee counter, and during the weekend, visitors are able to attend the various activities that go on through the festival. Quick Chek's Balloon festival featured many exciting artists (2011) such as Meatloaf, Barenaked Ladies, and Abba in Concert. Meatloaf apparently collapsed shortly following his performance.
, and a traditional red-and-white Middle Eastern headdress. He was charged on multiple state and federal weapons charges. Branchburg Police Chief Brian Fitzgerald Fitzgerald honored Quick Chek clerk Linda Yannazzno and employee Michael Murray during a township committee meeting, for calling the police to report Woodson leading to what he referred to as the most significant arrest in the department's history. Yannazzno said she knew that Woodson "had something on him", but was uncertain what it was.
Whitehouse, New Jersey
Whitehouse is a village in Readington Township, New Jersey along the Jersey Turnpike, just west of Mechanicsville.In 1722, Abraham Van Horn purchased in Readington along the Rockaway Creek. He built a grist mill and saw mill here...
based chain of convenience store
Convenience store
A convenience store, corner store, corner shop, commonly called a bodega in Spanish-speaking areas of the United States, is a small store or shop in a built up area that stocks a range of everyday items such as groceries, toiletries, alcoholic and soft drinks, and may also offer money order and...
s with 121 stores in New Jersey and New York. The first store opened in Dunellen, New Jersey
Dunellen, New Jersey
Dunellen is a Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the borough population was 6,823.Dunellen was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 28, 1887, when it broke away from Piscataway Township, based on the results...
in 1967, and has since then grown into a chain. Several stores include pharmacies
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
, gas stations, and liquor departments
Liquor store
In the United States, Australia and Canada, a liquor store is a type of store that specializes in the sale of alcoholic beverages. In South Africa and Namibia these stores are generally called bottle stores....
The size of the stores range from smaller corner-type shops to larger convenience stores. Many stores are located in urban areas and most are open 24 hours a day. Stores with pharmacies tend to offer a pharmacy-like selection of health products and aids.
Quick Chek stores typically offer basic groceries such as bread
Bread
Bread is a staple food prepared by cooking a dough of flour and water and often additional ingredients. Doughs are usually baked, but in some cuisines breads are steamed , fried , or baked on an unoiled frying pan . It may be leavened or unleavened...
, milk
Milk
Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
, and fresh convenience fruit
Fruit
In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...
, as well as soft drink
Soft drink
A soft drink is a non-alcoholic beverage that typically contains water , a sweetener, and a flavoring agent...
s, bottled water
Bottled water
Bottled water is drinking water packaged in plastic or glass water bottles. Bottled water may be carbonated or not...
, and a wide selection of snack food
Snack food
A snack is a portion of food oftentimes smaller than that of a regular meal, that is generally eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home....
s. They also serve coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
, ICEE
The ICEE Company
The ICEE Company is a beverage company located in Ontario, California, USA. Its flagship product is the ICEE, which is a frozen carbonated beverage that comes in various fruit and soda flavors. ICEE also produces other frozen beverages, and Italian ice pops under both the ICEE and Slush Puppie...
s, and sub sandwich
Submarine sandwich
A submarine sandwich, also known as a sub among other names, is a sandwich that consists of a long roll of Italian or French bread, split lengthwise either into two pieces or opened in a "V" on one side, and filled with various varieties of meat, cheese, vegetables, seasonings, and sauces. The...
es. Some stores also serve milkshakes and frozen cappuccinos. Like most convenience stores, Quick Chek sells cigarette
Cigarette
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...
s and other tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
products, along with lottery tickets
Lottery
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments...
.
The stores sell sub sandwiches
Sandwiches
"Sandwiches" is a song by American electronic band Detroit Grand Pubahs. It reached number 29 in the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.- Track listing :...
and a variety of ciabatta sandwiches, wraps, breakfast sandwiches, salads, hamburgers, and weekender (24-inch) subs. Along with subs, various soups and chili are served. The deli also serves as an area for cold-cuts. The only way to place an order is by entering the order directly into a computer system, which sits in front of the deli counter.
Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning
Quick Chek hosts an annual hot-air balloon festivalQuick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning
The Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning has been held annually at the Solberg Airport in Readington Township, New Jersey since 1983. Its lead sponsor is Quick Chek Food Stores. In 2007, the festival hosted around 125 special shape and sport hot air balloons. It also had music concerts,...
in Readington, New Jersey
Readington Township, New Jersey
Readington Township is a Township located in the easternmost portion of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 16,126...
, which runs the last weekend in July. An outdoor Quick Chek is set up with an actual deli and coffee counter, and during the weekend, visitors are able to attend the various activities that go on through the festival. Quick Chek's Balloon festival featured many exciting artists (2011) such as Meatloaf, Barenaked Ladies, and Abba in Concert. Meatloaf apparently collapsed shortly following his performance.
Branchburg Quick Chek incident
A female clerk called officers about a suspicious person at the Quick Chek store at 1296 Easton Turnpike in Branchburg, New Jersey, on January 26, 2010. Officers arrested Lloyd Woodson, and found in his possession and in his motel room a large weapons cache that included illegal weapons and ammunition, a detailed map of Fort DrumFort Drum
Fort Drum is a United States Army base in New York near the Canadian border.Fort Drum may also refer to:*Fort Drum, Florida, a nearly-uninhabited town in the United States*Fort Drum , Philippines...
, and a traditional red-and-white Middle Eastern headdress. He was charged on multiple state and federal weapons charges. Branchburg Police Chief Brian Fitzgerald Fitzgerald honored Quick Chek clerk Linda Yannazzno and employee Michael Murray during a township committee meeting, for calling the police to report Woodson leading to what he referred to as the most significant arrest in the department's history. Yannazzno said she knew that Woodson "had something on him", but was uncertain what it was.