Greenvale is about to get a serious shot of old-school Italian grocery culture. Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace is set to open a new store at Wheatley Plaza on August 14, 2026, marking the latest move in the Melville-based chain’s rapid Long Island buildout. The Greenvale debut follows a recent opening in Bohemia and comes as the company works on another store planned for Levittown later this year.
Situated at 130 Wheatley Plaza, the market is expected to draw shoppers from Greenvale, Roslyn, Old Westbury, Brookville and Glen Cove, according to a company release via PR Newswire. The announcement touts a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. on opening day and highlights daily-made mozzarella alongside a broad grocery assortment. Company materials also describe the Greenvale store as part of a larger push to add roughly 1,000 team members across the chain over the next 12 months.
What’s inside the Greenvale market
The Wheatley Plaza location is being built out as a full-service Italian marketplace, with a scratch bakery, Sterling Silver butcher counter, live seafood and a lineup of specialty departments designed to function as artisan stations. Shoppers can expect pizza and espresso counters, fresh sushi and a prepared-foods bar with more than 130 ready-to-go dishes, according to the Greenvale store page on Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace. Those in-store features are central to the brand’s formula of pairing old-world specialty service with a modern supermarket-style footprint.
Jobs, pay and hiring events
The company says the Greenvale store will create roughly 250 jobs at opening and will contribute to a broader plan to hire about 1,000 team members over the next year, according to PR Newswire. "Our team members are the heart and soul of every Uncle Giuseppe's," CEO Carl DelPrete said in the release. Listed benefits include a 401(k) with company match and a 25% employee discount, and local reporting notes that the chain has been holding on-site speed-hiring sessions at a trailer on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to staff the new location.
Expansion track and local context
The chain now operates across a dozen locations in New York and New Jersey and opened its Sayville Plaza market in Bohemia late last year, a move industry outlets flagged as part of an aggressive Long Island expansion strategy. In Greenvale, Uncle Giuseppe’s will take over the former Stop & Shop space at Wheatley Plaza, a store that closed amid regional banner reshuffling and was later reported to be under new tenancy. Between recent store openings and property moves tied to its supply chain, industry and local coverage say the company is ramping up growth across the region.
The grand-opening ribbon cutting is scheduled for August 14 at 11 a.m., and the company is inviting prospective employees to apply for opening-team roles online or at on-site hiring events. For details on store hours, the opening timeline and job listings, visit the Greenvale store page on Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace.
