CoGo's will reopen as Coen store
The CoGo's store on Route 8 in Middlesex Township that was damaged after being struck by a car in a fatal accident in May will reopen as a Coen convenience store.
Coen Markets, based in Washington County, purchased CoGo's and its 38 stores in 2018.
Renovation work is expected to begin around Aug. 31 and will take six to eight weeks to complete, said Keith Broviak, Coen chief marketing officer and senior director.
“We are going to remodel the store, repair the damage we incurred from the unfortunate accident,” Broviak said. “We'll completely remodel that site. We'll gut the interior and upgrade the exterior to the new look of the Coen Markets image.”
The company is waiting on a structural engineering inspection and then will obtain a building permit needed to being the remodeling, he said.
“It will be quite an upgrade. It will look like a brand new store when we're finished with it. It will mirror sites we remodeled to bring up to our standards,” Broviak said.
The store will employ 12 to 16 people to dish out Coen's proprietary “Our Famous Chicken,” pizza, hand cut “Jojo” breaded potato wedges, made-to-order subs and other food and beverage offerings. Customers will be able to place food orders from a full menu through a kiosk, which sends the orders to the kitchen for preparation, Broviak said.
A state-of-the-art “bean-to-cup” coffee bar allows customers to select from six different coffee beans. The beans are ground in a machine that produces individual cups, he said.
The front of the building was heavily damaged in an accident at 12:10 a.m. May 17 that claimed the lives of two women who were passengers in the car. The driver suffered serious injuries. All three lived in the township, about a quarter mile from the store.
