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Bravo Supermarkets Opened: April 2024 Owner:  unknown Previous Tenants:  A&P > Met Foodmarkets > Pioneer Supermarkets > Super Exito Supermarket > CTown Supermarkets Cooperative:  Krasdale Foods Location:  218 Dayton Ave, Clifton, NJ Photographed:  October 21, 2025 A very quick post here at the Bravo in Clifton, which has completed its rebrand. This store, in the Botany Village area, has had a lot of brands in its day, starting with A&P in the 1970s. By the 1990s, it had become a Met Foodmarket, beginning its parade of independent supermarkets. By the end of that decade, it had become a Pioneer, then by the early 00s became Super Exito. Super Exito actually stayed in place all the way until 2023, when the store underwent a significant remodel and rebranded as CTown under Krasdale Foods. The following year, it switched over to Bravo, another brand of Krasdale. Although the store transitioned to Bravo over a year ago, signage wasn't updated r...

Bravo Supermarkets Opened: 2014-2022, reopened 2024 Owner:  Abel Baez Previous Tenants:  Murray Hardware > Pioneer Supermarkets (open by 1973, closed after 1993) > Met Foodmarkets (open by 2005, closed 2014) Cooperative:  Krasdale Foods Location:  1861 Archer St, Bronx, NY Photographed:  July 25, 2025 Another trip to the Bronx takes us to Parkchester, where the fire-damaged Bravo on Archer Street has reopened after an extensive renovation. See my previous post here . This is a much-delayed post, as I didn't realize the store had reopened about a year ago after getting a major overhaul. Here's a look at the exterior before the renovation. I really like this simple, straightforward exterior look. I never got the chance to visit before the fire and closure, so I don't know whether the interior layout changed during the renovation. Cosmetically, everything looks brand-new, though some of the fixtures are probably left over if they weren't damaged. Produce an...

America's Food Basket Opened: 2021 Owner:  unknown Previous Tenants:  Braulio's Supermarket > Met Foodmarkets > Bravo Supermarkets Cooperative:  America's Food Basket Location:  1650 Main St, Brockton, MA Photographed: November 11, 2022 Time for another look at the supermarket in the Campello section of Brockton! Another, you might ask? Yes, there are two posts today -- one with pictures from 2019 , when this store was a Bravo, and this one with pictures from 2022 after it had been switched to America's Food Basket. Make sure you read about the Bravo before moving onto this AFB! Reminders of the store's past are still around, including the obvious remnants of the Bravo logo on this sign out by the street. One note: I don't know if ownership changed when the store changed from Bravo to AFB. Sometimes owners simply choose to switch their affiliation for one reason or another; other times one owner might want to sell to another who has a different preferred ...