The Market Report

I feel like I've been scrambling to visit all the supermarkets that have had things going on in New Jersey and New York City in the last few weeks! Here's my post from a few days ago, and now it's time for some more things. And of course, here's today's regularly scheduled post. ShopRite South Plainfield, NJ ICYMI, we visited the brand-new ShopRite of Hadley Commons in the former Middlesex Mall in South Plainfield, NJ after its grand opening on Wednesday! Food Universe Marketplace Passaic, NJ One of Key Food's latest store openings was yesterday in the city of Passaic, New Jersey. The store is just 16,000 square feet, but quite a bit of the store stands out -- not least the ridiculously bright orange walls. See more on the store here ! SuperFresh Highland Park, NJ Two SuperFresh stores in progress: the Highland Park location is expected to open later this summer. A couple counties to the north, a store is undergoing a renovation inside and out... Passaic, NJ...

Anatolia Market Opened:  ca. April 2024 Owner:  unknown Previous Tenants:  assorted non-grocery tenants > Green Life Market (Apr 2022-Oct 2023) Cooperative:  none Location:  29 NJ-23, Wayne, NJ Photographed:  May 10, 2024 So apparently a former buffet near Willowbrook Mall is not a hospitable location for a natural foods store. Green Life Market opened in April of 2023, then closed in October of the same year. It was a very pleasant store if hard to get to and a bit hard to navigate even once you're inside given the building's history. Last month, a Turkish grocery store called Anatolia Market moved into the space, essentially keeping it as it was while changing the product mix for a wide variety of Middle Eastern groceries and halal meat. My pictures are a little more limited this time around because the layout and fixtures haven't really been changed since it was Green Life, and it was essentially brand-new so there wasn't much to update. Unfortunatel...