Connolly seeks federal oversight post after chair’s primary defeat | Govt-and-politics
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-11th, wasted no time in launching a campaign to become Democratic leader of a powerful House of Representatives committee for oversight of federal government operations that are critical to his Northern Virginia district.
Connolly said Wednesday that he will seek to become the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, after the defeat of its chair, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-NY, in a Democratic primary on Tuesday night.
The seven-term Northern Virginia congressman has been a member of the oversight committee since he was first elected to Congress in 2008, focusing on issues important to federal employees in his district, reform of the U.S. Postal Service and investigating allegations of fraud, waste and abuse.
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Connolly is chairman of its government operations subcommittee, with jurisdiction over the federal civil service, the postal service, protection of whistleblowers, security of federal information technology and relationships with state and local governments.
“The American people must see the Committee on Oversight and Reform as a force for making government work, enforcing accountability to Congress, and most importantly, protecting our fragile democracy and strengthening the institutions that define American democratic resilience,” Connolly said in a statement on Wednesday.
Maloney lost her seat to Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-NY. Both Democratic incumbents were placed in the same House district in New York City during political redistricting last year. She had become the committee chair after the death of Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-MD, the ranking Democrat who became its leader that year after Democrats won majority control of the House in the 2018 election.
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Control of the House hangs in the balance again in the November midterm elections , but Connolly said he would seek to become the committee’s top-ranked Democrat to follow the path set by Cummings and Maloney. House Democrats who take office in January will choose the top Democrat on the panel.
“For more than fourteen years, I have made this committee my top priority and focused on the issues that define it,” he said, citing postal reform, “defending our proud federal employees,” modernizing federal government and accountability for the administration of former President Donald Trump.
Trump, a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2024, remains a target for Connolly. He also invoked the threat of insurrection by the former president’s supporters, who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an unsuccessful attempt to block Congress from certifying the election of President Joe Biden.
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“Our [party] caucus must continue to repair the damage left by the Trump administration, while also protecting the progress made by President Biden and our Democratic majorities,” Connolly said. “We need a tested leader who will not be timid in the face of Republican insurrectionists. One who has a deep understanding of the issues facing our committee and our country.”
Connolly’s district, encompassing almost all of Fairfax County and Fairfax City, has one of the highest concentrations of federal employees in the country. He previously served on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for 14 years, including five as chairman.
From the archives: Remembering Ukrop’s through the years
1958 Ukrop’s
2/21/1958: Sam D. Ukrop, 33-year-old owner of Ukrop’s Supermarket on Mechanicsville Pike, has opened a 3,000-square-foot department store adjacent to the market.
1963 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s store on Hull Street circa 1963.
1963 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s store on Buford Road circa 1963. James E. Ukrop, son of the founders, convinces his father to allow him to open a second store, on Midlothian Turnpike near Buford Road in Chesterfield County.
1965 Ukrop’s
May 11, 1965: New Shopping Center This new shopping center at Walmsley boulevard and State Rt. 10 is scheduled to open tomorrow. The 25,000-sauare-foot center was developed by Joe Ukrop, who will operate a supermarket in the center. Other tenants include Jewel Laundry and Dry Cleaners and a barber shop, operated by Smith & Nelson. Robert M. Dunville & Brothers, Inc., was the general contractor. The supermarket will be Ukrop’s third in the Richmond area.
1972 Ukrop’s
James E. Ukrop, 34. published caption Feb. 6, 1972: James Ukrop Serves as General Manager of Local Concern Company Will Open Another Richmond Area Store in the Summer (new store is in the Dumbarton Square Shopping Center at Hilliard and Staples Mill roads — the company’s first location on the north side of the James River.)
1981 Ukrop’s
11/21/1981: Final touches are being made at Ukrop’s Supermarkets 12th Richmond area store in the Gayton Crossing Shopping Center expansion in western Henrico County. The $1.2 million, 32,000-square-foot store will open Dec. 8, company officials say. The architect was David Dunville and the contractor was Robert M. Dunville & Bros. Inc. the store will include a delicatessen and a Dot’s Pastry Shoppe. About 120 people will be employed.
1983 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Super Market
1984 Ukrop’s
1984: A display of stock is set up in the new Ukrop’s store on West Cary Street by (from left): Store Manager Jim Blackwell, Assistant Store Manager Bill Calson and Grocery manager Billy Piece.
1985 Ukrop’s
5/22/1985: Another Ukrop’s opens The 16th Ukrop’s Supermarket in the Richmond metropolitan area opened yesterday at the Stony Point Shopping Center in South Richmond. The $3.3 million store is the first retailer to open in the shopping center, while other spaces still are under construction. The Ukrop’s store , which will employ about 120 people on a fulltime and part-time basis, is managed by Russell Wood, who transferred from the company’s Chippenham North Shopping Center store.
1985 Ukrop’s
1985: Carol Beth Spivey (left), cameraman Stephen Berry and Patty Papazian.
1986 Ukrop’s
1986: Drawing was to show the Ukrop’s Super market store which was to be the anchor of the Laburnum Park shopping center.
1987 Ukrop’s
Vickie Griffith discusses “Valued Customer Card” program with a Ukrop’s customer.
1987 Ukrop’s
11/6/1987: Ukrop’s lands in East End The 19th and largest store in the Ukrop’s Super Markets Inc. chain, and the company’s first store in the eastern Richmond area, is getting ready to open Tuesday at Laburnum Park Shopping Center on Laburnum near Interstate 64 in Henrico County. The 43,500-square-foot grocery is the anchor tenant in the 130,000-square-foot center being developed and managed by S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. Other tenants are a Rite Aid drugstore, Radio Shack, Merribee crafts and needlework, a video store, Contempo fashions, Sit ‘N’ Sleep retail store, an Italian restaurant and a Curles Neck ice cream store.
1987 Ukrop’s
James E. “Jim” Ukrop, left, and brother Robert S. “Bobby” Ukrop at Ukrop’s 50th anniversary charity program. 6/29/1987
1987 Ukrop’s
1987: James Ukrop watches brother Robert make point.
1987 Ukrop’s
12-18-1987: Dick Hollander (l), Bobby Ukrop announce The Diamond’s name at December meeting.
1987 Ukrop’s
From left, Joseph (Joe) Ukrop, Jacquelin B. Ukrop (Joe’s wife) and son Robert S. Ukrop published 6/18/1987, no origin date available
1988 Ukrop’s
Feb. 23, 1988: Shopping mobility David Baber, a shopper at the Patterson Avenue store of Ukrop’s Super Markets Inc., uses a motorized cart designed for handicapped customers. Ukrop’s, with 19 sotres, purchased 25 of the carts from an Arkansas company last year and is the first grocery chain in Virginia to use the electric-powered vehicles.
1988 Ukrop’s
1988: IN THE BAG — Coy Bryson, representing Ukrop’s, bags groceries in the state grocery bagger’s competition. Five finalists, Bryson among them, competed yesterday at the Marriott.
1988 Ukrop’s
James E. Ukrop with founders of Ben & Jerry ice cream company. From left: Jerry Greenfield, James E. “Jim” Ukrop, Ben Cohen
1989 Ukrop’s
Rich Hedrick, Jim Ukrop and Bob Ukrop of H.U. Development Associates look over the plans for CentreCourt at the site of their office park on Route 10, Chesterfield County. Published caption July 16, 1989
1990 Ukrop’s
March 20, 1990: PRECAUTION — Ukrop’s posted an apology to customers where its soup kettles usually sit. Throughout the area, soup bars like this one were closed yesterday because tainted syringes were found in soup in three Chesterfield stores last week.
1990 Ukrop’s
1990: Jerome Thomas loads groceries at a service conscious Ukrop’s supermarket. Ukrop’s Super Markets Inc., with more than 4,100 employees, moved onto the “Top 50” list for the fist time.
1990 Ukrop’s
1990: Roy Harris greets a customer at Ukrops, where he works as a courtesy clerk.
1990 Ukrop’s
July 22, 1990: MUSIC MAKERS — Since they began two years ago under the direction of Harry Jones, the Ukrop’s Singers has grown from 10 to 48 members. The group is made up of Ukrop employees and others who perform a variety of musical selections at nursing homes, Richmond Braves baseball games, the State Fair of Virginia and other local events throughout the year.
1991 Ukrop’s
3/7/1991: NEWEST STORE — Ukrop’s, which commands the area’s largest market share at 30.2 percent, opened its 22nd store last week in the Hanover Square Shopping Center in Mechanicsville. The company has plans for opening other new stores soon.
1991 Ukrop’s
3/7/1991: “MAKING A STATEMENT” — With some larger displays and warehouse-type shelving, the new Ukrop’s 58,000-square-foot store in Mechanicsville’s Hanover Square Shopping Center tries a new tactic inthe company’s battle against competitors who push low prices.
1991 Ukrop’s
8/25, 1991: LEADING THE PACK — After customers told Ukrop’s Super Markets Inc. that they wanted more ready-to-eat, prepared food, company officials added cafe menus and selections.
1992 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s “Valued Customer” card
1992 Ukrop’s
1992: Westpark Ukrop’s Cafe
1996 Ukrop’s
Gregory Mehfoud pushes a cart in the Tot Spot in the new Ukrop’s in Short Pump. At right, Ukrop’s employee Karen Huddleston reads to other children. At left, Marissa Halpert enters the Tot Spot after her mother dropped her off.
1996 Ukrop’s
Claus Larsen takes chicken out of the fryer at the Stony Point Ukrop’s store.
1996 Ukrop’s
View from the Ukrop’s Cafe’ eating area at the new Ukrop’s in Short Pump.
1996 Ukrop’s
The Italian Pasta and Panini bar in the new Ukrop’s at Short Pump. A girl in a grocery cart (right) smells a carnation. Greeters at the new store handed out carnations to shoppers entering the new store on its opening day.
1996 Ukrop’s
The natural foods section in the new Ukrop’s at Short Pump.
1996 Ukrop’s
Shoppers in checkout line at the Westpark Ukrop’s.
1997 Ukrop’s
New Ukrop’s grand opening drew a crowd in Fredericksburg.
1997 Ukrop’s
Farmers Market Bank opened November 4 at the Ukrop’s in Chesterfield. 11/3/97
1997 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s supermarket under construction at 11361 Midlothian Turnpike.
1997 Ukrop’s
New Ukrop’s opens in Fredericksburg.
1998 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s employee Dennis Forbes hands pizza of to a customer at the Village Shopping Center location
1998 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s employee John Maderia loads goods into a customer’s vehicle at the Village Shopping Center location.
1998 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s employee Lowell Stansberry takes groceries out for a customer at the Village Shopping Center location.
1998 Ukrop’s
Joe Bugas, 3, gets a close look at a fresh Virginia oyster held by Shirley Estes, an employee of the Virginia Marine Products Board at Ukrop’s on Pump Road. The board is sponsoring ‘Meet a Waterman’ demonstrations in Ukrop’s stores. At left rear is Joe’s mom, Tracy Bugas, of Rockville.
1998 Ukrop’s
ShaBrenda Bennett shops the reduced-price meat cooler at the Ashland Ukrop’s store just after they opened at 8am Wednesday, May 6, 1998 in order to make ends meet for the family budget.
1999 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Carytown store that will be expanding into the area to the right of the sign. Photo taken Wednesday, July 21, 1999.
1999 Ukrop’s
Shoppers at the Ukrop’s store on W. Cary St. flooded the checkout counter Tuesday, Mar. 9, 1999, after snow began falling in the Richmond area.
1999 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Fresh Express store at 10th and Main Streets will be closing. Photo taken Monday, February 22, 1999.
1999 Ukrop’s
Shoppers at the Ukrop’s store across from Short Pump Elementary School queue up at the checkout lines Wednesday morning, Sept. 15, 1999 in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Floyd.
2000 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s cashier Jennifer Hadley (lower right) assists a customer at the store’s Carytown location Saturday, as the weatherman sent shoppers scurrying after calling for snow.
2000 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s cashier Anna Cloninger places a milk jug into a bag for a customer at the store’s Carytown location, Saturday. The store was doing a brisk business, partly because of weather forecasts calling for snow.
2000 Ukrop’s
While the rest of the store was doing brisk business, ice scrapers hang largely ignored by shoppers Saturday at Carytown Ukrop’s.
2000 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s at 3522 W. Cary St. was temporarily closed Saturday afternoon 09/30/2000.
2000 Ukrop’s
James E. Ukrop is the chairman of Ukrop’s/First Market Bank in Richmond.
2001 Ukrop’s
Customer card for Ukrop’s.
2002 Ukrop’s
Gareth Jones, 16, left, and Mary Norris, 17, bag groceries at Ukrop’s in Chesterfield County.
2002 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s store at Harbour Point Shopping Center on Hull St. Rd. is testing a new ordering system for its deli departments. Customers can avoid line by placing their order at these new kiosks.
2004 Ukrop’s
Exterior of the Ukrop’s store on Midlothian Tpke. near Chesterfield Towne Center.
2004 Ukrop’s
Birchard Holden is 81-years old and working at Ukrop’s 20 hours a week.
2005 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s store on Midlothian is soon to be remodeled. Chesterfield Crossing Shopping Center
2006 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s employee Jim Jones walks Barbara Anderson to her car before loading her groceries into it Wednesday morning at the Ukrop’s Super Market on Patterson Ave and Gaskins Rd., which is set to close its doors January 28 after 30 years of operation. Jones has been working at the Patterson Ukrop’s for five and a half years, treating customers and colleagues to his smiles and good humor.
2007 Ukrop’s
Franklin Pond, 90, wheels Ann Marie Reutti’s groceries at the Ukrop’s at Virginia Center Commons. Pond is among the million-plus workers in America who are over 75 years old.
2007 Ukrop’s
Courtesy clerks and cashiers, representing all 29 Ukrop’s stores, compete in the Ukrop’s Best Bagger Finals at the John Rolfe Ridgefield store. The winner, Nathan Hutzell, received a cash prize and the chance to represent Ukrop’s in the state contest in Bristol, VA . The state winner will advance to the national competition taking place Feburary 2008 in Las Vegas.
2007 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s CEO and former UR basketball player Bobby Ukrop has been selected as one of the most influential Richmonders in sports. Here, Ukrop makes a basket at the Robbins Center at University of Richmond.
2008 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s store at Grace and Harrison streets Tues. April 15,2008.
2008 Ukrop’s
Richmond building inspector John Whealton checks the structure of the Ukrop’s store in Carytown after a car drove into the natural foods section.
2008 Ukrop’s
Wade Charmichael, senior category manager of produce for Ukrop’s, smells a cantaloupe at the Carytown Ukrop’s. He relies more on looking at the melon as a way to judge its goodness, but says that smellers should smell fruit, if they think it helps determine the fruit’s goodness.
2008 Ukrop’s
The Ukrops is now open at White Oak Village, in Eastern Henrico County
2008 Ukrop’s
Ukrops deli lead Valerie Williamson makes a 3′ sub at the Ukrops store in the Short Pump Crossing.
2008 Ukrop’s
Ukrops food service manager Pat Collawn assembles a shrimp tray at the Ukrops store in the Short Pump Crossing.
2008 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s store at Grace and Harrison streets Tues. April 15,2008.
2009 Ukrop’s
Robert S. “Bobby” Ukrop (left) takes Rick Herring on a tour of his stores on Friday, December 18, 2009. Herring is the president of Ahold’s Giant-Carlisle division, which is buying the Ukrop’s chain. Here, the two visit the Stratford Hills location.
2009 Ukrop’s
James King (left), of Ukrop’s, helps Deedee Redford, of Varina, load her groceries at the Ukrop’s at the Shops at White Oak Village, in Richmond, on Thursday, December 17, 2009. “I don’t shop anywhere else,” said Redford, who said she’s been shopping at Ukrop’s for about 20 years.
2009 Ukrop’s
Austin Wilson of Richmond picked up some Christmas cookies at the Carytown Ukrop’s.
2009 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s in Mechanicsville
2009 Ukrop’s
2009 Ukrop’s
Welcome sign at the new Ukrop Park in Chesterfield County.
2009 Ukrop’s
Denise Konrad chats on a cell phone while waiting for her deli order at the Carytown Ukrop’s.
2009 Ukrop’s
Robert S. “Bobby” Ukrop (left) takes Rick Herring on a tour of his stores on Friday, December 18, 2009. Herring is the president of Ahold’s Giant-Carlisle division, which is buying the Ukrop’s chain. Here, Herring meets employee Henry Brissette at the Stratford Hills store.
2009 Ukrop’s
Robert S. “Bobby” Ukrop took Rick Herring on a tour of his stores on Friday, December 18, 2009. Herring is the president of Ahold’s Giant-Carlisle division, which is buying the Ukrop’s chain. During the tour, many greeted, thanked, congratulated and hugged Ukrop. Here, Jane Lawrence hugs him at the Stony Point store.
2009 Ukrop’s
Robert S. “Bobby” Ukrop (left) takes Rick Herring on a tour of his stores on Friday, December 18, 2009. Herring is the president of Ahold’s Giant-Carlisle division, which is buying the Ukrop’s chain. Here, the two leave the Stratford Hills location after they toured the store and Ukrop picked up his shirts.
2009 Ukrop’s
Robert S. “Bobby” Ukrop (left) takes Rick Herring on a tour of his stores on Friday, December 18, 2009. Herring is the president of Ahold’s Giant-Carlisle division, which is buying the Ukrop’s chain. Here, Ukrop (right) introduces Herring (left) to customer Ann Carlton at the Stony Point store.
2009 Ukrop’s
Robert S. “Bobby” Ukrop takes Rick Herring (not seen) on a tour of his stores on Friday, December 18, 2009. Herring is the president of Ahold’s Giant-Carlisle division, which is buying the Ukrop’s chain. Here, Ukrop takes a phone call at the Stony Point location while retrieving an out-of-place loaf of bread.
2009 Ukrop’s
Robert S. “Bobby” Ukrop (center) took Rick Herring on a tour of his stores on Friday, December 18, 2009. Herring is the president of Ahold’s Giant-Carlisle division, which is buying the Ukrop’s chain. Here, Ukrop takes a moment to help a customer at the Stony Point store by getting him a basket.
2009 Ukrop’s
“Grandma really likes that they bring stuff out to your car,” said Katy Palmer (center), of Highland Springs, about how she likes the customer service of Ukrop’s. Here, Bryan Smith, of Ukrop’s, helps Palmer unload her groceries as her grandmother Macie Palmer stands nearby outside the Ukrop’s at the Shops at White Oak Village, in Richmond, on Thursday, December 17, 2009.
2009 Ukrop’s
James King (left), of Ukrop’s, helps Deedee Redford, of Varina, load her groceries at the Ukrop’s at the Shops at White Oak Village, in Richmond, on Thursday, December 17, 2009. “I don’t shop anywhere else,” said Redford, who said she’s been shopping at Ukrop’s for about 20 years.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day. That’s 4-year-old Ania Hill of Richmond behind the cart.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day. Meat department’s Don Crider replaces shelves after cleaning.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day. Monica North.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day. Mary B. Rhodes of Glen Allen.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day. Don Crider took time out from replacing meat department shelves to get a hug from former employee Paula Nuckols
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day. Bill Raynor checks out customers.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day. Signature service
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day. That’s 4-year-old Ania Hill of Richmond behind the cart.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day.
2010 Ukrop’s
Michelle Plourde shopped for a few dinner and weekend food items at the Ukrop’s on Brook Rd. across from Virginia Center Commons Fri. April 2, 2010.
2010 Ukrop’s
Employees of Superior Sign Productions, of Richmond, prepare the facade of the Ukrop’s store at 10150 Brook Road for installation of the Martin’s logo.
2010 Ukrop’s
Martin’s grocery store at Virginia Center Commons.
2010 Ukrop’s
A worker uses a small snowplow to clear a sidewalk at the Stony Point Ukrop’s on Huguenot Road Saturday morning.
2010 Ukrop’s
In the Stony Point Ukrop’s parking lot, workers were busy maneuvering snowplows to clear snow for shoppers’ cars.
2010 Ukrop’s
Ukrop’s Staples Mill last day. Signature service by Fred Tucker.
2010 Ukrop’s
Franklin Pond, 90, loads a customer’s groceries at the Ukrop’s at Virginia Center Commons. Pond is among the million-plus workers in America who are over 75 years old.
2011 Ukrop’s
Bobby Ukrop heads for the podium to adress the crowd at the Greater Richmond Aquatics Partnership Aquatics Center at Ukrop Park in Chesterfield County, VA Monday, June 13, 2011.
2011 Ukrop’s
Richmond Christmas Mother Jayne Ukrop is carried down the staircase by her sons Jeff Ukrop (left) and Rob Ukrop (right) at the Jefferson Hotel Tree Lighting on November 28, 2011. Jayne Ukrop’s husband, Bobby Ukrop, follows with their family.
2012 Ukrop’s
Bobby Ukrop was spotted during the Ukrop’s Monument Ave. 10K presented by Martins, Saturday March 31, 2012.
2012 Ukrop’s
Richmond businessman James Ukrop, R, is offering his guidance to Ricky Dennis for his Arena Racing USA operation.
2014 Ukrop’s
Elite runners start the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K race on Broad Street, near Harrison St., March 29, 2014.
2014 Ukrop’s
Runners in the first wave of the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K prepare for the start of the race. 3/29/14
2015 Ukrop’s
Denise Johnson packs a case of White House Rolls at Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods on Wednesday, April 29, 2015.
2015 Ukrop’s
White House Rolls make their way on the conveyor belt toward packaging at Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods Wednesday, April 29, 2015.
2015 Ukrop’s
Ted and Katie Ukrop atop the building that will become Quirk Hotel, at 201 W. Broad Street. The boutique hotel is just blocks from the Jefferson Hotel (right, background). The 75-room hotel will include five penthouse rooms on this level (under construction on the right) along with a rooftop bar. Katie Ukrop’s Quirk Gallery will be relocated to the first level of the hotel. May 18, 2015.
2015 Ukrop’s
Bobby Ukrop, president and CEO of Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods, LLC, holds a package of rolls while speaking to employees of the Richmond Times-Dispatch during a Town Hall presentation, October 28, 2015.
2015 Ukrop’s
Jim Ukrop, founding member of New Richmond Ventures, meets with his executive assistant, Ellen Fleming. Nov. 10, 2015.
2016 Ukrop’s
Robert “Bobby” Ukrop holds a package of Ukrop’s White House rolls in their main office on Wednesday June 22, 2016. The rolls have been in production for 30 years.
2016 Ukrop’s
Micah Carney arranges Ukrop’s White House rolls onto sheets after they had been baked on Wednesday June 22, 2016.
2016 Ukrop’s
Martins Food Market employee Stanley Ball returns shopping carts to the store at 5700 Brook Road Wednesday, July 13, 2016. He started working for Ukrops in 1989 and has been with Martins since they bought Ukrops.
2016 Ukrop’s
Mayor-elect Levar Stoney (left) talks with Bobby Ukrop before the RTD Person of the Year lunch at the John Marshall Ballrooms on Thursday Dec. 8, 2016.
2017 Ukrop’s
(From left) Chris Kantner, Robert “Bobby” Ukrop and Scott Aronson in the Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods main office on Tuesday Jan. 24, 2017. Ukrop’s prepared food products will become available at other local grocery stores with Martin’s leaving the market.
2017 Ukrop’s
Some of Ukrop’s prepared food products in the main office on Tuesday Jan. 24, 2017. Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods prepared food products will become available at other local grocery stores with Martin’s leaving the market.
2017 Ukrop’s
Some of Ukrop’s prepared food products in the main office on Tuesday Jan. 24, 2017. Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods prepared food products will become available at other local grocery stores with Martin’s leaving the market.
2017 Ukrop’s
Some of Ukrop’s prepared food products in the main office on Tuesday Jan. 24, 2017. Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods prepared food products will become available at other local grocery stores with Martin’s leaving the market.
2017 Ukrop’s
A cake symbolizing the availability of Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods in all 18 Kroger stores in the Richmond areb. 15, 2017. More than 180 Ukrop’s items will be sold in Kroger stores. The announcement/kickoff was at the Kroger at 14101 Midlothian Tnpk. Feb. 15, 2017.
2017 Ukrop’s
Jim Ukrop, Co-Founder and Managing Director of NRV, formerly called New Richmond Ventures, a local venture capital firm that recently raised $33 million in capital to invest in promising early-stage businesses in the Richmond region and throughout Virginia.
2018 Ukrop’s
Weeds grow in the parking lot in front of the empty Ukrop’s / Martin’s grocery store in the Richmond Shopping Center in the Carytown district of Richmond, VA Friday, July 27. 2018.
Ukrop’s
First Ukrop’s Market
