The Market Report

Fine Fare Supermarkets Opened: approx. September 2024 Owner:  unknown Previous Tenants:  A&P > Thrift Drugs > Eckerd > Rite Aid > Walgreens Cooperative:  Retail Grocers Group Location:  3040 Eastchester Rd, Baychester, Bronx, NY Photographed:  December 6, 2024 The trend is strong: for years, drugstores would move into former supermarkets. But now, as more and more drugstores close, the reverse is true. This weekend alone, we're seeing three stores that have opened in former Rite Aids (this one, a Pioneer on Arthur Avenue , and an Antillana at Westchester Square ). Like many drugstores, this store of roughly 10,000 square feet was originally a supermarket -- built in the 1960s as an A&P centennial. I don't know if it remained a supermarket after A&P, but it eventually became a Thrift Drugs, later an Eckerd, then a Rite Aid, and finally a Walgreens before closing in 2022. Fine Fare -- I'm not sure which owner, but the store shares similari...

Food Universe is almost always a solid neighborhood supermarket -- I've never been very disappointed with one, and I've seen quite a few . The banner was created in 2014 by Staten Island, NY-based Key Food Stores Co-Operative to facilitate the integration of about 30 acquired stores during the bankruptcy of DiGiorgio Food and Associated Food Holdings, so all of the original Food Universe locations were previously Associated, Met Foods, Pioneer, or Compare Foods stores. The banner has been expanded since then. This approximately 10,000 square foot location is in the far back corner of the Bartow Mall, which anchors the southern part of Co-Op City  (also see here ). The sprawling housing complex contains two Food Universe locations with a third in a southern extension, each in the 10,000 square foot range. On the periphery of the complex are multiple large malls, one with an Edwards-turned-Stop & Shop and one with a Pathmark-turned-Stop & Shop. The three Food Uni...

We've completed our travels up White Plains Road, so now we're going to go up the eastern side of the Bronx through Pelham Bay, Baychester, and Eastchester, before leaving the Bronx and passing through Pelham Manor (a small town between the Bronx and the next city, New Rochelle) before ending up in New Rochelle. Our coverage is a little thin in this part of the Bronx, but this is our first time in this section as well as our first trip to New Rochelle. Buckle up your seatbelts and let's head to Pelham Bay!