The Market Report

 A lot has been happening in the last few weeks, so here's a roundup of all the local supermarket news of the northeast. It's January, so unfortunately that means a lot of closures (openings typically happen in the spring and summer, and closures typically happen in the winter). But there's some other things going on, too. You can also follow me at news.marketreportblog.com for all the updates! This Weekend's Posts City Supermarket nears completion of its remodel in Kenilworth The small but mighty store in downtown Kenilworth is wrapping up its remodel after being acquired by local chain City Supermarket last summer. Read more here ! Price Chopper prepares to close a Worcester store The writing has been on the wall for years, but the time is here: Price Chopper will be closing their store in Main South Worcester. Read all about it here ! Shaw's at Webster Square is reset, but not (yet?) remodeled And just a couple blocks away, Shaw's has reset their southern Wo...

'Tis the season: supermarket stuff is happening! Here's a roundup of some of the latest I've been able to cover. Cherry Valley Marketplace Fordham Heights, the Bronx The Cherry Valley Marketplace in Fordham Heights, just across from Fordham University, is undergoing a major renovation. Read all about it here . Bedford Park, the Bronx And a bit to the north, their store across from the New York Botanic Gardens is preparing to relocate into a new building next door. Here's a look at those stores. Brooklyn Fare Two Bridges, Manhattan Brooklyn Fare replaces a Lower Manhattan Pathmark -- ten years later. Take a tour of the new store here . Food Universe Marketplace Flatbush, Brooklyn Out in Flatbush, Brooklyn, a Food Universe we toured four years ago is preparing to expand into a neighboring storefront, and it looks like the new space will be nearly 8,000 additional square feet -- roughly doubling the size of the store. I couldn't get a good look inside because it'...

Asian Food Markets Owner: Jon Chen Opened:  April 18, 2024 Cooperative:  none Location:  275 NJ-18, East Brunswick, NJ Photographed:  April 19, 2024 Asian Food Markets has brought us some very attractive new stores lately, as we've toured locations in Plainsboro and Staten Island (along with older locations in Piscataway , Marlboro , and Jersey City ). The store is around 30,000 square feet, and located in a former Asian grocer called Hong Kong Supermarket. I'm not positive what the space was originally. We enter to a food court that was still under construction when I visited, much like Plainsboro. You turn right to enter the main supermarket with produce on the right side, seafood and meat on the back wall, dairy/frozen on the far left, and bakery in the front left corner. The store is attractive and modern from the start, although that's an awfully prominent restrooms sign. (The restrooms were spotless on the second day in business.) Inside, the store is simila...