River Bend Farm Market - Townshend, VT

River Bend Farm Market

Opened: unknown

Owner: Paul Bedortha

Previous Tenants: unknown

Cooperative: Associated Grocers of New England

Location: 625 VT-30, Townshend, VT

Photographed: August 12, 2021

Another AGNE store (it seems that the majority of independent grocers of northern New England are members of the AGNE cooperative) here in the very small town of Townshend, Vermont. This one is the River Bend Farm Market, definitely somewhere between a true farm market and a full supermarket. I spotted plenty of local and fresh produce, locally made products, and homemade baked goods, but there's also a full line of groceries. I wasn't able to find much on the history here, but the building was constructed sometime around the late 1990s or 2000.

Produce is on the right side in the first aisle, with deli/bakery at the end of the first aisle. Meats and a large service butcher counter line the back wall, with frozen and dairy on the left side in the last aisle.

This building clearly isn't that old, but has gotten some updates in refrigeration and some display cases.

The butcher counter here is the real deal with fresh meats including local choices, and the owners of this store also own a smoked meat store nearby.

Food Club and the other Topco brands are on the shelves here, distributed via AGNE.

This is the only big supermarket in this area, but we'll see a couple of smaller grocers to the west of here next week. Come back on Monday for another general store!