The Market Report

Golden Farms Supermarket Opened: March 20, 2026 Owner: Diaz family Previous Tenants: none; Bohack > Consumers Food (opened late 1970s) > Hempstead Farms > Super A Farms (opened 1996) previously on property Cooperative: Key Food Stores Location: 210 Henry St, Hempstead, NY Photographed: May 7, 2026 Credit where credit is due: When I first visited Hempstead's new Golden Farms , I have to say I was not impressed. The store seemed particularly messy, even for a soft opening. But in the weeks between that soft opening and the more recent official grand opening, the store is sharper, and really looks ready to go. That's right down to the department signs, which were very much not completed for the soft opening... Look, they even have all their letters now! It's not unusual for independent supermarkets to do soft openings, and sometimes that's because they need to begin to make money before finishing the last elements. Other times, it's to gauge response to ...

Key Food Marketplace Opened: March 20, 2026 Owner:  Yousef Siad / Raied Zahriyeh Previous Tenants:  A&P > Foodtown > Rite Aid Cooperative:  Key Food Stores Location:  50-15 Roosevelt Ave, Woodside, NY Photographed:  March 20, 2026 A comment on a recent post about a Rite Aid converted to a supermarket pointed out that these Rite Aid buildings are the modern-day equivalent of the centennial A&P -- so many remain, but they're largely repurposed for a variety of other uses (thanks, Chris P !). I love that analogy. Now let's take it one step further: this new supermarket in Woodside, Queens is remarkably both a former centennial A&P and  a former Rite Aid, though you wouldn't know about the A&P past just from a look. The centennial facade is still there behind this newer Rite Aid facade, though. Here's something else interesting: this was actually still a supermarket until rather recently. Although A&P opened here in the 1960s, se...