Where: Hyatt, New Brunswick
From: 7-11pm
Cost: $80/ticket

An area businessman is honoring his deceased mother through a fundraising event that will benefit cancer patients at a New Brunswick hospital.
Adithya Bathena, whose family owns the Buy Rite and Super Saver groups of wine and liquor stores, said the “Super Sampling” will take place on May 9 from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Hyatt hotel in New Brunswick.

The tasting event will provide more than 300 wines and microbrews from around the world and gourmet foods prepared at the Hyatt. Bathena said the company has sponsored such an event at the Hyatt in the past, but this was the first one that will benefit patients at the Cancer Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

The Bathena family owns the Buy Rite franchise name, which has 41 locations around the state — including 11 in Middlesex County, one in Somerset and one in Union — and the SuperSaver name, which has five stores — including Highland Park, Edison, Somerville, Bound Brook, and Union. Adithya Bathena also owns stores within each group.