The Market Report

Stop & Shop Opened:  ca. 1950s; expanded ca. 1990s Owner:  Ahold Delhaize Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  495 Southern Artery, Quincy, MA Photographed:  August 4, 2019 Welcome to Stop & Shop's hometown! The chain originated in Somerville, just to the north of Boston, and has long been associated with the Boston area. Today, the headquarters for the chain -- owned by Dutch supermarket conglomerate Ahold Delhaize -- are in downtown Quincy... ...and about half a mile east is this Stop & Shop on Southern Artery. Although it dates back to the 1950s, it was renovated and expanded to its present 72,000 square feet in the 1990s. There are a handful of relics around the property, although the store itself is unremarkable, including this retro enter sign and the tall, multi-legged Stop & Shop sign you can see in front of the store. But despite the fact that the store isn't particularly special, it's very obviously been kept up...

Ideal Fresh of Rossville Opened:  Summer 2022 Owner:  Mike Virga Previous Tenants:  Mignosi's Supermarket Cooperative:  America's Food Basket Location:  1006 Rossville Ave, Staten Island, NY Photographed:  August 1, 2022; November 7, 2024; and April 14, 2025 In Rosebank, the Top Tomato supermarket was acquired by new owners and rebranded with a big renovation. Here in Rossville -- across the island, nine miles southwest -- the same deal has happened with an old-school Mignosi's Supermarket. (And hey, the Foodtown we're also seeing today was previously a Mignosi's!) I don't know when Mignosi's originally opened the roughly 7000 square foot supermarket, but it was sold in 2006 but remained Mignosi's -- or Miggy's, as it was affectionately called. It was the last Mignosi's to stay in business on Staten Island, and the chain previously also had locations in Sunnyside (now the Foodtown), Westerleigh (now Beyar's), and Bulls Head (now Lander Mar...