Sitting with first Lady Michelle Obama during the president's State of the Union speech was local grocery store owner Jeff Brown, who was singled out for opening supermarkets in poor neighborhoods. Read more >>
Uplift Solutions is proud of the recognition our Chairman Jeffrey Brown has received from President Obama with an invitation to sit with the First Lady at the State of the Union address on January 27, 2010. Read more >>
Jeff Brown, president of Brown's Family ShopRite, in Westville, has gone to the nation's capital to represent a popular initiative aimed at helping grocers expand into urban areas. Read more >>
Philadelphia grocery store owner Jeffrey Brown will be among the invited guests in first lady Michelle Obama's box seats at the State of the Union address Wednesday night, the White House said. Read more >>
Tonight, when President Obama gives his State of the Union address, he's expected to acknowledge a fourth-generation New Jersey grocer who builds supermarkets in poor neighborhoods, including four in Philadelphia. Read more >>
Philadelphia-based ShopRite owner Jeff Brown was recognized during President Obama's first-ever State of the Union address yesterday for the strides he has made in bringing supermarkets to impoverished urban areas. Read more >>
Inside a sparkling supermarket in West Philadelphia, top members of the Obama administration gathered with local officials and activists yesterday to hail efforts to increase the number of supermarkets in underserved parts of the city. Read more >>
PHILADELPHIA - Until a clean and airy ShopRite opened a year ago in Parkside, her low-income west Philadelphia neighborhood, Christine Gilliard used to pay someone to drive her several miles to the closest supermarket so she could avoid a long bus ride. Read more >>