April 24, 2014

Jeffrey Albanese approached the podium and was sworn under oath. Mr. Albanese stated that he has been in the convenience store business for thirty three (33) years and came to work for Quick Chek nineteen (19) years ago. He said that he is responsible for finding all of the new Quick Chek sites as the operations person and as the real estate person for Quick Chek; he stated his testimony would be in both capacities. Mr. Albanese stated that Quick Chek was founded by a dairy farmer and his family still owns them. He said it started with milk delivery service and in 1967 they opened their first store. Mr. Albanese said that there are 137 plus stores and forty (40) of them are with fuel sales. He said that every Quick Check is privately owned and they do not franchise the stores. Mr. Albanese said that the first convenience stores were called milk and jug stores and the Quick Chek business is based around convenience. He extolled the virtues of the soup sold by the company. Mr. Albanese presented the internal floor plan of the building that was submitted with the application. Chairwoman Gabry stated that floor plan, dated 10/19/13, was pre-marked as Exhibit A-1 for identification. Mr. Albanese presented a three-dimensional rendering of what is being proposed on the site. He also passed out 11x17 copies of the same three-dimensional rendering to the Board members. Chairwoman Gabry stated that the three-dimensional rendering of the proposed site was pre- marked as Exhibit A-2 and the 11x17 renderings of the proposed site was pre-marked as Exhibit A-13, both for identification. Mr. Albanese referred to the floor plan and detailed it. He said that no cooking is done on premises and that they only use a toaster oven and microwave oven. Mr. Albanese detailed the location of the various products being sold in the store and noted where two (2) ADA compliant bathrooms will be located. Mr. Neuer asked Mr. Albanese to refer to the floor plans and point out the location of the soup counter; he complied. Mr. Albanese said that the store carries a line of groceries, for convenience, and noted on the plans where they are located in the store. Mr. Albanese said that they chose this site because they think it is a good location because it is on a thoroughfare road with retail and has easy access to public transportation. Mr. Albanese said that Quick Chek has been voted

hose this site because they think it is a good location because it is on a thoroughfare road with retail and has easy access to public transportation. Mr. Albanese said that Quick Chek has been voted as the best place to work in the State of New Jersey for the fifth year in a row and for the second year in a row in the State of New York. He said that every new hire is mandated to attend a meeting for training and that the owner of the company, Dean Durling, meets every new hire. Mr. Albanese said that they are very community minded and that they will be hiring between 35-50 people from West Orange for this site. He also said that they usually promote from within the company. Mr. Albanese said that Quick Chek is a big contributor to the Junior Diabetes Foundation and said that during super storm Sandy they reserved fuel for emergency vehicles. He said that they 4