Where it Started...
It began in 1932. But the history started in the mid-1920s
When two teenagers--Nicola (Nick) and Pasquale (Patsy) D’Agostino set out from their home in L'Aquila, Italy to seek their fortunes in the United States. By 1931 they had worked as pushcart peddlers, mill workers and apprentice butchers - anything to earn a buck.
One year later, at the depth of the Great Depression, Nick and Patsy pooled their meager resources and opened a small grocery store on Lexington Ave. and 83rd Street in Manhattan.
It was small, but unlike anything New York had seen. It was designed to serve the carriage trade… the mansion-like apartments on Park Ave… and so, the brothers stocked their store with groceries and baked goods under a single roof. They also provided home delivery for phoned-in orders by Upper East Side residents-and their staff.
The brothers added a fresh meat section-and trained butchers-- to the store-very unusual for what was rapidly becoming a full service market along with other items. D’Agostino was now a full service supermarket. And it's just what the neighborhood wanted... and needed.
The stellar reputation of D’Agostino was-and remains based on three simple principles.
Quality, Service and Innovation.
It was no wonder that as D’Agostino opened more stores in New York; it became "New York's Grocer." No surprise that movies and television shows shot on location in New York frequently use D’Agostino stores or "DAG BAGS" to help impart a sense of New York City realism. Will met Grace in a D’Agostino - on the TV show, that is.
Today, the chain is still owned and operated by the D’Agostino family. Nicholas D’Agostino, Jr. is the chairman and his son, Nicholas D’Agostino, III is the President and CEO. They guarantee all their products and provide the superior customer service whether it is in their stores or online grocery shopping service.
Nicholas D’Agostino, SR
Nicholas D’Agostino, Sr., founder of the famous New York supermarket chain bearing his name, was highly regarded an innovative and dynamic businessman, a philanthropist and lay religious leader in the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. D’Agostino was the 1982 recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, an honor shared with other self-made leaders of business and industry and three former Presidents of the United States.. In the rags-to-riches tradition that the award recognizes, he was born June 8, 1910 in Bugnara, a picturesque, but poor hamlet in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzi region of Italy. While still in his early teens he emigrated to New York where he worked as a pushcart peddler and mill laborer.
At age 15, he left a $24-a-week job to become a butcher's helper at a weekly wage of only $18, in order to learn the butcher's trade. In 1932, he became a progenitor of the modern supermarket when he and his brother, Pasquale (Patsy), combined their savings and expertise to open a new kind of grocery store - the first in New York City to offer produce, baked goods, dairy products and grocery staples under one roof. This was a revolutionary ideas at the time.
Their one small service store flourished. More stores were added and the product line expanded to include meat and other items. Today D’Agostino Supermarkets is a chain of 23 stores located in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and suburban Westchester County. Since it's beginning, the company has worked hard to earn the honored title of "New York's Grocer."
A devout Roman Catholic, Nicholas D’Agostino was Knight of Malta and, until his last illness, served as Vice Chairman of the Cardinal's Committee for Catholic Charities. He was a founder and lifelong support of the famous Boy's Towns and Girl's Towns of Italy, a network of model communities providing sustenance, education and sponsorship to orphaned and abandoned children of any race or nationality. He was also a patron of the arts and cultural affairs in New York City.
Although he became a multi-millionaire in his adopted country, "Nick" D’Agostino never forgot the hard years of his youth and was widely known as a generous humanitarian. Mr. D’Agostino died at the age of 86 at his home in Manhasset, Long Island, after suffering a long illness.
Nicholas D’Agostino, JR
Nicholas D’Agostino, Jr., Chairman of D’Agostino Supermarkets, Inc., learned the supermarket business from the shelves up. As a teenager, he worked as a stock clerk at a rival Food Fair and that's where he first learned that "the customer is always right and his or her needs must be met if you are to be successful." They are maxims that still guide him today.
Providing quality products and superior customer service are Nicholas D'Agostino's major concerns as he leads his family's company. "I want D’Agostino to be a supermarket in the truest sense of the word," he says, "serving the needs of all or our customers. I hope we stand for honesty, quality and fairness.
Nicholas began working for D’Agostino Supermarkets in 1960 after graduating from Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a Bachelor of Science degree in English. Over the years, he held virtually every job that exists in a modern supermarket operation - from Cashier to Department Manager, Store Manager, Dairy and Frozen Food Buyer, District Manager and Director and Vice President of Store Operations. Mr. D’Agostino assumed the Presidency of the company in 1978 and became Chief Executive Officer in 1982. He was elected Chairman in September 1986.
Because he has an overriding concern for the welfare of his community, Mr. D’Agostino is deeply involved with many organizations in the New York metropolitan area. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Citymeals-on-Wheels, Madison Square Boys and Girls Club, and the Catholic Medical Mission Board. Under his leadership the company donates thousands of pounds of products to feed the hungry through City Harvest. Mr. D’Agostino believes strongly in giving back to the community and does so through contributions to hundreds of local school, religious and community groups that do so much to enhance the quality of life in the neighborhoods near their stores.
Nicholas D’Agostino III
Nick D’Agostino 3rd is the FOURTH generation to be in the grocery business! But it was his grandfather, Nick, and great uncle, Patsy, who incorporated the D’Agostino Market 79 years ago, making Nick 3rd the third generation D’Agostino to run the supermarket chain since incorporation.
Nick runs the 14 store D’Agostino chain with 13 stores in Manhattan, and 1 in Westchester County. The first store was at 83rd and Lexington Ave in Manhattan-- and there is still a D’Agostino store at that location. Nick is a real product of New York… he grew up in Manhattan—near one of the stores, and now lives in Westchester.
Because D’Agostino prides itself on being a neighborhood store ... in fact, it really is New York's neighborhood supermarket, working with the community and doing charitable works has been part of the family... and the chain for its 75 years in business. "My grandfather was a Knight of Malta and supported the Boys Towns of Italy and other Italian charities... and supported many charities in his home town of L'Aquila, Italy. My father and the chain supported the United Way and several other charities and now and know in semi-retirement, my dad heads up the Catholic Medical Mission Bureau. I’m on the board of the MS Society and of course the chain supports City Meals on Wheels, City Harvest, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and we partner with NY City Opera, charities that all affect our community and our neighborhoods. And our nearly 1,000 associates in the stores and our customers join us in supporting these charities… each year, we raise thousands and thousands of dollars for City Meals during what’s known as the Round Up, where customers round up to an even dollar figure at the cashier and City Meals receives the change. We donate sneakers sales donations to the Juvenile Diabetes foundation and our associates join in the walks to raise funds.
“The sense of giving that I grew up with is very much a part of our company’s culture… and our employees help to pass it along as well to our customers. The customers know and appreciate it and get involved.”
D’Agostino’s place in NYC is quite special. As a neighborhood supermarket in a time when new supermarkets and new ways of shopping are entering the NY market, Nick explains that the only way for D’Agostino to compete is by providing the highest level of service, the best quality products and the nutrition and dietary information that customers so desire.
Service, quality and a true interest in the customer… it’s why D’Agostino has been the supermarket of distinction in NY for all these years… and why it’s still the neighborhood store for the biggest neighborhood in the world.. New York.
Community Involvement
D’Agostino tradition of being part of the community, being the neighborhood store, extends to its involvement with New York based charities and cultural activities. From substantial annual contributions made by customers and the chain to City Meals on Wheels, to the food donated to City Harvest, to providing items for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, to participating in New York City Opera's “Opera For All” program, the D’Agostino Family and the associates all firmly believe that helping our city isn't just good business, its part of the fiber of the corporation. That's seen too, during New York's unusual crisis situations: during blackouts and blizzards, D’Agostino stores have always remained opened… and associates are always there to help customers. On September 12, 2001, every “D’Agostino was open, to lend a helping hand, to talk with neighbors and to provide staples during a fearful time.
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A 50-year institution, and one of the nation’s leading non-profit organizations, MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat 43 neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive client and community services and far-reaching professional and public health education. MDA receives no grants or fees from their clients and relies on the sole support of private contributors and the business community. By joining their effort you will help ensure that MDA can continue to provide the highest level of care to the people they serve. The Manhattan office has many sponsorship opportunities available, ranging from high-profile sports events to the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. For more information, please contact Emily Newberry at enewberry@mdausa.org or by calling (212) 689-9040.
Earn Bonus Greenpoints
Start Shopping Online. Start Saving Now!
Earn… 10,000 BONUS GREENPOINTS with every 3 orders of $50 or more*.
Redeem the greenpoints on your favorite Smart Prices items and you’ll see savings like never before!
With Smart Prices you save an average of $4.50 for every 1,000 points redeemed!**
Your online orders will be tracked electronically and printed on your D’AG Rewards receipt.
After every third qualifying order, you will receive a coupon valid for 10,000 bonus greenpoints!
The coupon can be redeemed at any D’Agostino store or online at dagnyc.com.
The coupon expires 30 days from date of issue.
*Online order totals exclude all applicable items by law such as alcohol, gift cards, and internet delivery fees.
** Based on the average savings of the “Smart Price” compared to the regular D'Agostino price on July 31, 2009 for all Smart Prices and Naturally Smart Prices items. Actual savings may vary
Earth Day At DAG's 54th Street
For more information please contact Amy Krakow PMC Inc 212 587 0540 agkrakow@aol.com EARTH DAY AT DAGOSTINO! APRIL 22, 2009 FREE RESUABLE D’AG BAGS AND MORE! GREAT ART ON PAPER DAG BAGS DONE BY THE KIDS AT THE SMARTER TODDLER NURSERY AND PRESCHOOL ONLY AT THE DAGOSTINO ON TENTH AVENUE AND 54th STREET VISIT THE DAGSOTINO ON TENTH AVENUE AND 54th ST AND SEE HOW THE KIDS HAVE DECORATED…THE BAGS AND THE STORE WINDOWS! AND… MAKE A PURCHASE AND GET A FREE REUSABLE DAG BAG… AND A PAPER BAG WITH ART CELEBRATING EARTH DAY BY LOCAL KIDS! When Rina Patel, Director of Education at the Nursery and Preschool walked into the D’Agostino on Tenth Ave on April 21 (just yesterday) and asked for 60 paper bags… John the store manager asked why? “So the boys and girls at the Smarter Toddler Nursery and Preschool can decorate the bags, have them in your window and then you can give them to the customers for Earth Day!” Our children vary from the ages of 3 months-5 years old; they have the best imagination and the artistic skills. I really wanted to share their art with the customers of D’Agostino and let them see that children see the world as a beautiful place.” Smarter Toddler has been open for 5 years. The first school that opened up in 2004 is located on W89th Street. Our Midtown location opened in September of 2008, located on W55th Street. Our school is based on learning through art and music. With our affiliations with Music Together, The Harlem School of the Arts, and soon Alvin Ailey; we thrive for the best opportunities for our children. With daily excursions to the parks located in the midtown location, students have the best hands on learning experiences. Smarter Toddler Nursery & Preschool Midtown houses one hundred boys and girls. For more information please contact Amy Krakow PMC Inc 212 587 0540 agkrakow@aol.com Attached please find an image of the artwork displayed in the window of D'agostino's 10th ave and 54th street location.
Help USA
HELP USA’s OPERATION HOME: HELP USA, the country's largest providers of housing, jobs and services for America's homeless and low income populations has announced a three-year national expansion of permanent supportive service housing for returning war veterans. The initiative has been given the moniker OPERATION HOME. While the causes are many, the singular reality is staggering: 1 out of every 3 homeless men you see on the street is a veteran. With the anticipated return of over 140,000 service men and women from Iraq and Afghanistan, HELP USA is developing upwards of 1,000 units of permanent housing for male and female war veterans and their families in states along the east and west coasts over the next three years. At HELP USA sites across the nation, veterans currently receive state of the art living accommodations in addition to a nationally-recognized comprehensive package of social, psychological, educational, and medical services. HELP USA will now be able to meet the needs of an unprecedented number of women returning from active duty, many of whom are mothers, with an architectural and service model designed to support families and children. HELP USA has been named a national Congressional model for the homeless with its holistic approach to providing housing and services for individuals and families in crisis for its work over the past twenty years. To date, the organization has successfully served more than 250,000 people in its 30 residences in New York, New Jersey, Nevada, Texas, and Pennsylvania.
The DAG BAG goes green
THE D’AG BAG GOES GREEN: The Iconic New York Shopping Bag is Green and Once Again, We’re Asking the Students of NYC to Design it! Deadline Extended Until March 31, 2009! ENTER THE STUDENT COMPETITION TO DESIGN NEXT YEAR’S LIMITED EDITION RECYCLABLE D’AG BAG!! New York and Larchmont, New York (March 16, 2009)…Last year, more than 35,000 New Yorkers chose their favorite student design for the first collectible reusable, recylable D’Ag Bag. Four designs from a hundred received captured the judges and then they chose their favorite. AND NOW, D’Agostino Supermarkets is doing it once again. Encourage the students among your friends and family to enter this year’s competition! Since the most carried bag in NY—the ultimate IT bag… is... a D'Ag Bag, Nick D’Agostino III, COO of D’Agostino Supermarkets, Inc. announced the extended deadline due to Spring break! for this, the second year of the D’Agostino student competition. Students who enter are asked to design the it-bag of choice for New Yorkers… the reusable, recyclable green D'Ag bag. “We’ve been a part of New York for 76 years and as the city changes, so do we. But what remains constant is our dedication to our customers and to giving them the choices they want, so at D’Agostino you can request paper, plastic, and now we’re asking the students of the metropolitan area to create our new recyclable bag that you can bring with you each time you shop. By honoring our students and our environment, we’re giving something back to our city,” declared Mr. D’Agostino III. How to enter the contest: - Must be a student - Entry: download the entry form from www.dagnyc.com - Deadline: March 31, 2009. Submit entry form and design to designcontest@dagnyc.com with your name, address, school and year of graduation - Template for bag area size is located at www.dagnyc.com - Winning design will be selected on April 15, 2009 - Judges include D’Agostino executives and well known art directors, graphic designers, magazine editors and illustrators in the metropolitan area. Sean Beyer’s winning design from the first student competition is now available in a limited collectible edition at all D’Agostino stores. Year two’s winning design will be featured on the recyclable D’Ag Bags to be sold at D'Agostino stores all over Manhattan and Westchester. First prize also includes a $1000 scholarship and a $500 D’Agostino gift certificate. Think you can create the winning design? Visit www.dagnyc.com to enter today.
Bronx Zoo
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) saves wildlife and wild lands. WCS does so through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together, these activities change individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. WCS is committed to this work because we believe it essential to the integrity of life on earth. Since 1895, WCS has worked from our Bronx Zoo headquarters to save wildlife and wild lands throughout the world. WCS uniquely combines the resources of wildlife parks in New York with field projects around the globe to inspire care for nature, provide leadership in environmental education, and help sustain our planet's biological diversity. Today WCS is at work in 53 nations across Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America, protecting wild landscapes that are home to a vast variety of species from butterflies to tigers. More than 4 million visitors who annually experience the Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium and Central Park, Queens and Prospect Park Zoos are encouraged to learn about our natural world, and inspired to care about its future. http://bronxzoo.com/
DAGOSTINO Most Valuable Partner Award
D’ AGOSTINO ANNOUNCES ITS VERY FIRST MOST VALUABLE PARTNER AWARD DORA¹S NATURALS VOTED FIRST QUARTER MVP BY D¹AGOSTINO MANAGEMENT March 12, 2009 (Larchmont, New York) to acknowledge vendors and/or manufacturers for providing outstanding quality, professionalism and exceptional customer service. Nicholas D¹Agostino III, President and COO of D¹Agostino Supermarkets Inc. has created the D¹Agostino MVP-Most Valuable Partner Award. As the first honoree, Dora¹s Naturals is a natural choice and was unanimously voted Most Valuable Partner for the First Quarter of 2009. Being able to bring our customers quality food products at realistic prices, along with innovations such as new products, new programs and promotions is paramount at D¹Agosino and has been throughout our company¹s 76+ year history. By honoring our suppliers who do just that, we let them know that they¹re helping us serve New York in the best possible manner and that we value what they¹re doing. Cyrus Schwartz, President of Dora¹s Naturals is following in his great-great-grandfather¹s footsteps, making him the Fifth generation in the dairy business in New York. As the fourth generation in the D¹Agostino family grocery and supermarket business in New York, it's a true delight for me to name Dora¹s Naturals our first Most Valuable Partner, ³ explained Nick D¹Agpstino III in announcing the honor. Cyrus Schwartz, President of Dora's Naturals said: "I am deeply honored that Dora's Naturals was the first vendor chosen to receive the "Most Valuable Vendor" award from D’Agostino Supermarkets. D'Agostino was one of Dora's Naturals very first customers and continues to be at the forefront of progressive retailing in the Metro New York Area. They not only run great stores, but they are a great partner that we look forward to serving for many years to come." Dora¹s Naturals is a natural and organic food distributor serving 1,000 retail locations in the Northeastern United States. Founded by Cyrus Schwartz, in 1995, Dora's Naturals, Inc.'s mission is to provide the highest quality, perishable, natural, organic and specialty foods to retailers in the Northeastern United States. Specifically, the company¹s goal is to provide to mass market and specialty retailers, the leading and most innovative brands and products available in the Natural/Specialty Foods Industry at unparalleled service levels. For nearly a century, Mr. Schwartz¹s family has provided wholesome and natural food products to consumers around the United States. Max Schwartz, his grandfather, founded Elmhurst Dairy in 1919, today one of the largest milk producers in the New York City area. Dora¹s Naturals is named for Dora Kraut, Mr. Schwartz¹s great- grandmother. Nominated and then voted on by key D¹Agostino Directors, The MVP of each quarter must exhibit the following criteria for at least 12 months: -Must demonstrate strong business ethics. -Timely presentations of new items and programs. -Company exhibits responsible follow up of new items and programs. -Must support new and existing items with promotions or events in order to achieve sales growth. About D'Agostino Supermarkets: D'Agostino Supermarkets have, for 76+ years, had a stellar reputation based on very simple principles. Quality, service and innovation. There are 18 stores: 15 in Manhattan and 3 in Westchester County (Chappaqua, Cross River and Rye Brook). It is the essential and consummate ³New York Grocer.² It is no surprise that movies and television shows, shot on location in New York, frequently use D'Agostino stores or "DAG BAGS" to help impact a sense of New York City realism. In fact, in the famed TV series Will and Grace, Will met Grace in a D'Agostino. Today, Nick D'Agostino III, the fourth generation of D'Agostino's to head the chain, maintains the tradition. For example, D'Agostino is the only New York based supermarket chain in the metropolitan area to carry a full line of Certified Humane productsŠmeat, poultry, milk, cheese, eggsŠall certified humane; all have the highest quality and standards. For more information, please contact Amy Krakow at (212) 710-0529 (office) or (212) 587-0540 (cell).
New DAG Bag design winner
D'AGOSTINO GOES GREEN: ALEXANDRA SZYMCZAK OF PRATT INSTITUTE NAMED WINNER OF THE SECOND ANNUAL STUDENT-DESIGNED RECYCLABLE D'AG BAG! New York and Larchmont, New York (May 11, 2009) – The results are in.. and the winning student design of the new recyclable D'Ag Bag is: Alexandra Szymczak. The design that captured the judges is winner Alexandra Szymczak of Pratt Institute for her design entitled “Leafy Greens.” This fall, Ms. Szycmczak’s design will be featured on recyclable D'Ag Bags all over Manhattan and Westchester. First prize also includes a $1000 scholarship and a $500 D'Agostino gift certificate. "By honoring our students and our environment, we're giving something back to our community," declared Nick D'Agostino III President and COO of D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc. "We've been a part of New York for 77 years and as the city changes, so do we. But what remains constant is our dedication to our customers and to giving them the choices they want, so at D'Agostino you can request paper, plastic or purchase a reusable green bag. “With the decision on paper, plastic and reusable more complicated than one may suspect, D'Agostino stands behind thoughtful choices for customers.” In second place, for her design, “Modern New Yorker” is Kristi Randall, who will be honored with a $250 D’Agostino gift certificate. Kristi is a student at Fashion Institute of Technology. In third place, and winner of a $100 D’Agostino gift certificate, is Samantha Zahabian of School of Visual Arts for her D’Ag Bag Design. Over the past two months, students from colleges in the NY metropolitan area have submitted their designs for the new recyclable D'Ag Bag, the most iconic shopping bag in New York. The judging panel which selected the top four entries included: Nick D'Agostino III, President and COO of D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc.; Anderson Chung, Director of Marketing, D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc.; Dave Beach, Account Supervisor, AdLife Marketing; Sean Boyle, Director of Global Planning, J Walter Thompson Advertising; Gary Krakow, Senior Editor of The Streeet.com and Shari Hartford, Managing Editor of Diversion Magazine. For more information, contact Amy Krakow PMC, Inc. 212-710-0529 (office), 212-587-0540 (cell), amy.krakow@agitproppr.com, or Sarah Marino, PMC, Inc. 212 -710-0529, sarah.marino@agitproppr.com.
MDA
A 50-year institution, and one of the nation’s leading non-profit organizations, MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat 43 neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive client and community services and far-reaching professional and public health education. MDA receives no grants or fees from their clients and relies on the sole support of private contributors and the business community. By joining their effort you will help ensure that MDA can continue to provide the highest level of care to the people they serve. The Manhattan office has many sponsorship opportunities available, ranging from high-profile sports events to the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. For more information, please contact Emily Newberry at enewberry@mdausa.org or by calling (212) 689-9040.
City Harvest
D'Agostino Supermarkets has earned and enjoyed the reputation as "New York's Grocer" for more than seven decades. Founded in 1932 by two Italian immigrant brothers, Patsy and Nick D'Agostino, the company has remained family-owned and operated for over 70 years. What began as one small, but unique service store on Lexington Avenue has evolved into a modern, sophisticated marketing chain of 23 stores in New York City and suburban Westchester County. The stores offer superior customer service plus a wide variety of high quality groceries, produce, meat, poultry and seafood as well as deli items. D'Agostino also offers New Yorkers the convenience of on-line shopping. Many thanks to D'Agostino Supermarkets for their ongoing support, including sponsorship of 2008 Feed the Kids, through which they sold over 8,000 bags of nutritious milk, peanut butter, green beans, and chicken soup for City Harvest through a Buy-A-Bag program. D'Agostino Supermarkets Spotlight Donor
D'Agostino Supermarkets has earned and enjoyed the reputation as "New York's Grocer" for more than seven decades. Founded in 1932 by two Italian immigrant brothers, Patsy and Nick D'Agostino, the company has remained family-owned and operated for over 70 years. What began as one small, but unique service store on Lexington Avenue has evolved into a modern, sophisticated marketing chain of 23 stores in New York City and suburban Westchester County. The stores offer superior customer service plus a wide variety of high quality groceries, produce, meat, poultry and seafood as well as deli items. D'Agostino also offers New Yorkers the convenience of on-line shopping. Many thanks to D'Agostino Supermarkets for their ongoing support, including sponsorship of 2008 Feed the Kids, through which they sold over 8,000 bags of nutritious milk, peanut butter, green beans, and chicken soup for City Harvest through a Buy-A-Bag program. D'Agostino Supermarkets Spotlight Donor
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) saves wildlife and wild lands. WCS does so through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together, these activities change individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. WCS is committed to this work because we believe it essential to the integrity of life on earth. Since 1895, WCS has worked from our Bronx Zoo headquarters to save wildlife and wild lands throughout the world. WCS uniquely combines the resources of wildlife parks in New York with field projects around the globe to inspire care for nature, provide leadership in environmental education, and help sustain our planet's biological diversity. Today WCS is at work in 53 nations across Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America, protecting wild landscapes that are home to a vast variety of species from butterflies to tigers. More than 4 million visitors who annually experience the Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium and Central Park, Queens and Prospect Park Zoos are encouraged to learn about our natural world, and inspired to care about its future. http://bronxzoo.com/
MDA
A 50-year institution, and one of the nation’s leading non-profit organizations, MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat 43 neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive client and community services and far-reaching professional and public health education. MDA receives no grants or fees from their clients and relies on the sole support of private contributors and the business community. By joining their effort you will help ensure that MDA can continue to provide the highest level of care to the people they serve. The Manhattan office has many sponsorship opportunities available, ranging from high-profile sports events to the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. For more information, please contact Emily Newberry at enewberry@mdausa.org or by calling (212) 689-9040.
Earn Bonus Greenpoints
Start Shopping Online. Start Saving Now!
Earn… 10,000 BONUS GREENPOINTS with every 3 orders of $50 or more*.
Redeem the greenpoints on your favorite Smart Prices items and you’ll see savings like never before!
With Smart Prices you save an average of $4.50 for every 1,000 points redeemed!**
Your online orders will be tracked electronically and printed on your D’AG Rewards receipt.
After every third qualifying order, you will receive a coupon valid for 10,000 bonus greenpoints!
The coupon can be redeemed at any D’Agostino store or online at dagnyc.com.
The coupon expires 30 days from date of issue.
*Online order totals exclude all applicable items by law such as alcohol, gift cards, and internet delivery fees.
** Based on the average savings of the “Smart Price” compared to the regular D'Agostino price on July 31, 2009 for all Smart Prices and Naturally Smart Prices items. Actual savings may vary
Earth Day At DAG's 54th Street
For more information please contact Amy Krakow PMC Inc 212 587 0540 agkrakow@aol.com EARTH DAY AT DAGOSTINO! APRIL 22, 2009 FREE RESUABLE D’AG BAGS AND MORE! GREAT ART ON PAPER DAG BAGS DONE BY THE KIDS AT THE SMARTER TODDLER NURSERY AND PRESCHOOL ONLY AT THE DAGOSTINO ON TENTH AVENUE AND 54th STREET VISIT THE DAGSOTINO ON TENTH AVENUE AND 54th ST AND SEE HOW THE KIDS HAVE DECORATED…THE BAGS AND THE STORE WINDOWS! AND… MAKE A PURCHASE AND GET A FREE REUSABLE DAG BAG… AND A PAPER BAG WITH ART CELEBRATING EARTH DAY BY LOCAL KIDS! When Rina Patel, Director of Education at the Nursery and Preschool walked into the D’Agostino on Tenth Ave on April 21 (just yesterday) and asked for 60 paper bags… John the store manager asked why? “So the boys and girls at the Smarter Toddler Nursery and Preschool can decorate the bags, have them in your window and then you can give them to the customers for Earth Day!” Our children vary from the ages of 3 months-5 years old; they have the best imagination and the artistic skills. I really wanted to share their art with the customers of D’Agostino and let them see that children see the world as a beautiful place.” Smarter Toddler has been open for 5 years. The first school that opened up in 2004 is located on W89th Street. Our Midtown location opened in September of 2008, located on W55th Street. Our school is based on learning through art and music. With our affiliations with Music Together, The Harlem School of the Arts, and soon Alvin Ailey; we thrive for the best opportunities for our children. With daily excursions to the parks located in the midtown location, students have the best hands on learning experiences. Smarter Toddler Nursery & Preschool Midtown houses one hundred boys and girls. For more information please contact Amy Krakow PMC Inc 212 587 0540 agkrakow@aol.com Attached please find an image of the artwork displayed in the window of D'agostino's 10th ave and 54th street location.
Help USA
HELP USA’s OPERATION HOME: HELP USA, the country's largest providers of housing, jobs and services for America's homeless and low income populations has announced a three-year national expansion of permanent supportive service housing for returning war veterans. The initiative has been given the moniker OPERATION HOME. While the causes are many, the singular reality is staggering: 1 out of every 3 homeless men you see on the street is a veteran. With the anticipated return of over 140,000 service men and women from Iraq and Afghanistan, HELP USA is developing upwards of 1,000 units of permanent housing for male and female war veterans and their families in states along the east and west coasts over the next three years. At HELP USA sites across the nation, veterans currently receive state of the art living accommodations in addition to a nationally-recognized comprehensive package of social, psychological, educational, and medical services. HELP USA will now be able to meet the needs of an unprecedented number of women returning from active duty, many of whom are mothers, with an architectural and service model designed to support families and children. HELP USA has been named a national Congressional model for the homeless with its holistic approach to providing housing and services for individuals and families in crisis for its work over the past twenty years. To date, the organization has successfully served more than 250,000 people in its 30 residences in New York, New Jersey, Nevada, Texas, and Pennsylvania.
The DAG BAG goes green
THE D’AG BAG GOES GREEN: The Iconic New York Shopping Bag is Green and Once Again, We’re Asking the Students of NYC to Design it! Deadline Extended Until March 31, 2009! ENTER THE STUDENT COMPETITION TO DESIGN NEXT YEAR’S LIMITED EDITION RECYCLABLE D’AG BAG!! New York and Larchmont, New York (March 16, 2009)…Last year, more than 35,000 New Yorkers chose their favorite student design for the first collectible reusable, recylable D’Ag Bag. Four designs from a hundred received captured the judges and then they chose their favorite. AND NOW, D’Agostino Supermarkets is doing it once again. Encourage the students among your friends and family to enter this year’s competition! Since the most carried bag in NY—the ultimate IT bag… is... a D'Ag Bag, Nick D’Agostino III, COO of D’Agostino Supermarkets, Inc. announced the extended deadline due to Spring break! for this, the second year of the D’Agostino student competition. Students who enter are asked to design the it-bag of choice for New Yorkers… the reusable, recyclable green D'Ag bag. “We’ve been a part of New York for 76 years and as the city changes, so do we. But what remains constant is our dedication to our customers and to giving them the choices they want, so at D’Agostino you can request paper, plastic, and now we’re asking the students of the metropolitan area to create our new recyclable bag that you can bring with you each time you shop. By honoring our students and our environment, we’re giving something back to our city,” declared Mr. D’Agostino III. How to enter the contest: - Must be a student - Entry: download the entry form from www.dagnyc.com - Deadline: March 31, 2009. Submit entry form and design to designcontest@dagnyc.com with your name, address, school and year of graduation - Template for bag area size is located at www.dagnyc.com - Winning design will be selected on April 15, 2009 - Judges include D’Agostino executives and well known art directors, graphic designers, magazine editors and illustrators in the metropolitan area. Sean Beyer’s winning design from the first student competition is now available in a limited collectible edition at all D’Agostino stores. Year two’s winning design will be featured on the recyclable D’Ag Bags to be sold at D'Agostino stores all over Manhattan and Westchester. First prize also includes a $1000 scholarship and a $500 D’Agostino gift certificate. Think you can create the winning design? Visit www.dagnyc.com to enter today.
Bronx Zoo
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) saves wildlife and wild lands. WCS does so through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together, these activities change individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. WCS is committed to this work because we believe it essential to the integrity of life on earth. Since 1895, WCS has worked from our Bronx Zoo headquarters to save wildlife and wild lands throughout the world. WCS uniquely combines the resources of wildlife parks in New York with field projects around the globe to inspire care for nature, provide leadership in environmental education, and help sustain our planet's biological diversity. Today WCS is at work in 53 nations across Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America, protecting wild landscapes that are home to a vast variety of species from butterflies to tigers. More than 4 million visitors who annually experience the Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium and Central Park, Queens and Prospect Park Zoos are encouraged to learn about our natural world, and inspired to care about its future. http://bronxzoo.com/
DAGOSTINO Most Valuable Partner Award
D’ AGOSTINO ANNOUNCES ITS VERY FIRST MOST VALUABLE PARTNER AWARD DORA¹S NATURALS VOTED FIRST QUARTER MVP BY D¹AGOSTINO MANAGEMENT March 12, 2009 (Larchmont, New York) to acknowledge vendors and/or manufacturers for providing outstanding quality, professionalism and exceptional customer service. Nicholas D¹Agostino III, President and COO of D¹Agostino Supermarkets Inc. has created the D¹Agostino MVP-Most Valuable Partner Award. As the first honoree, Dora¹s Naturals is a natural choice and was unanimously voted Most Valuable Partner for the First Quarter of 2009. Being able to bring our customers quality food products at realistic prices, along with innovations such as new products, new programs and promotions is paramount at D¹Agosino and has been throughout our company¹s 76+ year history. By honoring our suppliers who do just that, we let them know that they¹re helping us serve New York in the best possible manner and that we value what they¹re doing. Cyrus Schwartz, President of Dora¹s Naturals is following in his great-great-grandfather¹s footsteps, making him the Fifth generation in the dairy business in New York. As the fourth generation in the D¹Agostino family grocery and supermarket business in New York, it's a true delight for me to name Dora¹s Naturals our first Most Valuable Partner, ³ explained Nick D¹Agpstino III in announcing the honor. Cyrus Schwartz, President of Dora's Naturals said: "I am deeply honored that Dora's Naturals was the first vendor chosen to receive the "Most Valuable Vendor" award from D’Agostino Supermarkets. D'Agostino was one of Dora's Naturals very first customers and continues to be at the forefront of progressive retailing in the Metro New York Area. They not only run great stores, but they are a great partner that we look forward to serving for many years to come." Dora¹s Naturals is a natural and organic food distributor serving 1,000 retail locations in the Northeastern United States. Founded by Cyrus Schwartz, in 1995, Dora's Naturals, Inc.'s mission is to provide the highest quality, perishable, natural, organic and specialty foods to retailers in the Northeastern United States. Specifically, the company¹s goal is to provide to mass market and specialty retailers, the leading and most innovative brands and products available in the Natural/Specialty Foods Industry at unparalleled service levels. For nearly a century, Mr. Schwartz¹s family has provided wholesome and natural food products to consumers around the United States. Max Schwartz, his grandfather, founded Elmhurst Dairy in 1919, today one of the largest milk producers in the New York City area. Dora¹s Naturals is named for Dora Kraut, Mr. Schwartz¹s great- grandmother. Nominated and then voted on by key D¹Agostino Directors, The MVP of each quarter must exhibit the following criteria for at least 12 months: -Must demonstrate strong business ethics. -Timely presentations of new items and programs. -Company exhibits responsible follow up of new items and programs. -Must support new and existing items with promotions or events in order to achieve sales growth. About D'Agostino Supermarkets: D'Agostino Supermarkets have, for 76+ years, had a stellar reputation based on very simple principles. Quality, service and innovation. There are 18 stores: 15 in Manhattan and 3 in Westchester County (Chappaqua, Cross River and Rye Brook). It is the essential and consummate ³New York Grocer.² It is no surprise that movies and television shows, shot on location in New York, frequently use D'Agostino stores or "DAG BAGS" to help impact a sense of New York City realism. In fact, in the famed TV series Will and Grace, Will met Grace in a D'Agostino. Today, Nick D'Agostino III, the fourth generation of D'Agostino's to head the chain, maintains the tradition. For example, D'Agostino is the only New York based supermarket chain in the metropolitan area to carry a full line of Certified Humane productsŠmeat, poultry, milk, cheese, eggsŠall certified humane; all have the highest quality and standards. For more information, please contact Amy Krakow at (212) 710-0529 (office) or (212) 587-0540 (cell).
New DAG Bag design winner
D'AGOSTINO GOES GREEN: ALEXANDRA SZYMCZAK OF PRATT INSTITUTE NAMED WINNER OF THE SECOND ANNUAL STUDENT-DESIGNED RECYCLABLE D'AG BAG! New York and Larchmont, New York (May 11, 2009) – The results are in.. and the winning student design of the new recyclable D'Ag Bag is: Alexandra Szymczak. The design that captured the judges is winner Alexandra Szymczak of Pratt Institute for her design entitled “Leafy Greens.” This fall, Ms. Szycmczak’s design will be featured on recyclable D'Ag Bags all over Manhattan and Westchester. First prize also includes a $1000 scholarship and a $500 D'Agostino gift certificate. "By honoring our students and our environment, we're giving something back to our community," declared Nick D'Agostino III President and COO of D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc. "We've been a part of New York for 77 years and as the city changes, so do we. But what remains constant is our dedication to our customers and to giving them the choices they want, so at D'Agostino you can request paper, plastic or purchase a reusable green bag. “With the decision on paper, plastic and reusable more complicated than one may suspect, D'Agostino stands behind thoughtful choices for customers.” In second place, for her design, “Modern New Yorker” is Kristi Randall, who will be honored with a $250 D’Agostino gift certificate. Kristi is a student at Fashion Institute of Technology. In third place, and winner of a $100 D’Agostino gift certificate, is Samantha Zahabian of School of Visual Arts for her D’Ag Bag Design. Over the past two months, students from colleges in the NY metropolitan area have submitted their designs for the new recyclable D'Ag Bag, the most iconic shopping bag in New York. The judging panel which selected the top four entries included: Nick D'Agostino III, President and COO of D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc.; Anderson Chung, Director of Marketing, D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc.; Dave Beach, Account Supervisor, AdLife Marketing; Sean Boyle, Director of Global Planning, J Walter Thompson Advertising; Gary Krakow, Senior Editor of The Streeet.com and Shari Hartford, Managing Editor of Diversion Magazine. For more information, contact Amy Krakow PMC, Inc. 212-710-0529 (office), 212-587-0540 (cell), amy.krakow@agitproppr.com, or Sarah Marino, PMC, Inc. 212 -710-0529, sarah.marino@agitproppr.com.
MDA
A 50-year institution, and one of the nation’s leading non-profit organizations, MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat 43 neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive client and community services and far-reaching professional and public health education. MDA receives no grants or fees from their clients and relies on the sole support of private contributors and the business community. By joining their effort you will help ensure that MDA can continue to provide the highest level of care to the people they serve. The Manhattan office has many sponsorship opportunities available, ranging from high-profile sports events to the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. For more information, please contact Emily Newberry at enewberry@mdausa.org or by calling (212) 689-9040.
City Harvest
D'Agostino Supermarkets has earned and enjoyed the reputation as "New York's Grocer" for more than seven decades. Founded in 1932 by two Italian immigrant brothers, Patsy and Nick D'Agostino, the company has remained family-owned and operated for over 70 years. What began as one small, but unique service store on Lexington Avenue has evolved into a modern, sophisticated marketing chain of 23 stores in New York City and suburban Westchester County. The stores offer superior customer service plus a wide variety of high quality groceries, produce, meat, poultry and seafood as well as deli items. D'Agostino also offers New Yorkers the convenience of on-line shopping. Many thanks to D'Agostino Supermarkets for their ongoing support, including sponsorship of 2008 Feed the Kids, through which they sold over 8,000 bags of nutritious milk, peanut butter, green beans, and chicken soup for City Harvest through a Buy-A-Bag program. D'Agostino Supermarkets Spotlight Donor
D’Agostino’s New York Products
Our roots are in New York City, with our first store in the upper eastside. So, our products reflect our heritage. We carry the finest New York brands: Zaro’s Bakery, Rao’s, Patsy’s, New York Cheesecake and Lidia’s , just to name a few .
We will continue to add more New York brands as well as even adding local farm produce and cheeses.
Why DAGNYC.com?
New Yorkers demand the best products and service. It was a natural for us to extend the D’Agostino chain online.
Online Shopping Experience
Your online shopping experience will be just like your in-store experience – pleasantly satisfying.
Products & Pricing
We offer the same high quality products and pricing that are available in our stores. If you do not see it, online, just ask for it and we will get it for you.
Browse our weekly circular, search our recipe collection for quick and easy meal solutions, and view one of our streaming videos for some cooking tips. All designed to make your online shopping experience quick and easy.
Save more with our DAG Rewards Program
DAG Rewards members earn 10 reward points for each dollar of merchandise purchased. Redeemable for specially priced merchandise and money savings offers.
Service
We have dedicated personal shoppers in each store. When you visit our stores, you will probably see internet orders being shopped.
These personal shoppers select items for your order as if it were their own order. The freshest produce and meats are selected and the packages are in the best condition. In addition, if in the occasion they need to “fix” your order, they will do it right away. They feel personally responsible for your satisfaction.
Our delivery associates are union employees and trained to be friendly and courteous. They are in our colorful D’Agostino uniforms and carry a D’Agostino name badge.
All orders are picked to your satisfaction and have our personal guarantee for freshness and quality. Shop in confidence with our no hassle policies.