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TOUR: CTown Supermarkets - Wrigley Park, Paterson, NJ

CTown Supermarkets Manager:  Hiram Ramos Opened:  1978 Previous Tenants:  Food Fair > Foodtown (?) Cooperative:  Krasdale Foods Location:  444 Madison Ave, Wrigley Park, Paterson, NJ Photographed:  August 2019 Today's store tour is the largest of three CTown stores in Paterson, and the only one I've photographed. It's about 18,500 square feet and located in a strip mall near Wrigley Park, in the northern central part of the city. Given the longtime low-income/high-crime combination here in Paterson, it's been a long time since there was any significant presence of big chains here, and this store dates back to the 1950s as a Food Fair. It's very possible that this became a Foodtown after that, but I don't know for sure. This store is owned by Certified Foodmarkets, a corporation dating back to 1978 but whose ownership has likely changed at least once. I was unable to track down an owner's name, hence going with the manager for the stat...