DeCicco & Sons Opened: September 9, 2026 Owner: Chris, John, & Joe DeCicco Previous Tenants: Grand Union > Stop & Shop (2001-2023) Cooperative: none Location: 21 Glen Ridge Rd, Greenwich, CT Photographed: September 25, 2026 It's time to visit another new DeCicco & Sons location! Most recently, I wrote (overly dramatically, of course, as is my tendency) about the Sleepy Hollow location in New York's Westchester County, a truly spectacular supermarket. That store proves they can produce an incredible, first-rate supermarket when they're building a store from the ground up. What about when they're revitalizing a closed chain supermarket? Well, this new store just across the border in Greenwich, Connecticut proves they can do that just as well. I posted about this store back when it was a Stop & Shop a couple years ago, or I suppose more accurately I posted about it shortly after it closed. After being vacant for a few years, this aging Grand U...
Met Fresh Supermarket Opened: August 6, 2026 Owner: Danny Hamdan Previous Tenants: Walgreens Cooperative: Associated Supermarket Group Location: 2014 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA Photographed: September 18, 2026 Welcome to Philly, as this impressive mural signals to us! We're here in South Philadelphia to check out a brand-new Met Fresh supermarket, and as you might be able to guess based on the trends we've seen for a few years now, this is a former drugstore. A Walgreens, to be specific, previously occupied this space of around 14,000 square feet (there's also a second floor on part of it and there might be a basement, so it's possible the store is actually a bit larger than that). This is the Hamdan family's first venture into Philadelphia, and also one of the relatively few ASG stores in Philly (or possibly the only? I'm not entirely sure). They're certainly coming in with a bang -- this store is impressive. And it's absolutely stocked to the ...