The Market Report

Another great old film from Archive.org (click for link)! We saw Behind the Scenes at the Supermarket last weekend. Can anyone figure out what store this is? Full Video: Screenshots:

Check out this 1960s film from Archive.org ! It gives you a tour around a Mayfair supermarket (no relation to Mayfair around here as far as I know) told from the perspective of a manager showing around his son (whose name, of course, is Johnny). Full Video: Screenshots:

In case you couldn't tell, I'm a big fan of Food Bazaar. And so when I was driving through Bridgeport, CT, I had to stop at this store. At 61,000 square feet, it's one of their biggest. It was built as a Shaw's in 1997 but was a failure and closed soon after. In 2007, Bogopa (the parent company of Food Bazaar) announced they were taking over the location. The new store opened in 2010. Above: Shaw's, date unknown. From YP.com . From what I could see on my visit, this Food Bazaar is a huge success! The parking lot was jammed and the store was very busy. Almost every register was open. I don't know what Shaw's layout would have been, but in Food Bazaar, you enter on the far right (under the glass section). The bakery is to your right, and produce is straight ahead. Along the right-side wall is the deli/prepared foods section, including a few tables to sit and eat in-store, with seafood in the back right corner. The entrance is to the left in the ...

A Tale of Two Supermarkets: Flanders Part II ShopRite, Flanders, NJ On Wednesday we saw the Weis Market of Flanders. Today we're heading across the street to the former Weis, which opened in 1999 and closed in 2002, with ShopRite taking over later that year. The ShopRite is owned and operated by the Romano family under their business, RoNetco Supermarkets . We saw their Byram store last September. While Flanders does have some RoNetco touches, it's still a Weis in many ways. Or I should say, it's distinctly NOT a ShopRite. Every ShopRite has a certain feeling you get when you walk in, which you don't get in Flanders. That's not to say it's not a nice store. It is, but it's a little on the plain side. The outside is really nice, though.   You enter through the glass tower. Then you make a sharp left turn to go past customer service and pharmacy on your left. Bakery is in the front left (from the photo above) corner, with deli/prepared foods in an...