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 ...

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:  March 20, 2026 Key Food has been on an expansion kick -- practically for the last 10 years, or maybe even more. In fact, it was around 10 years ago that Key Food bought around three dozen stores from A&P, and with that purchase, they totaled around 220 stores. Now, they're around 475 stores. On Friday, independent Key Food owners opened two more stores. In Queens, a former Rite Aid became a beautiful new Key Food Marketplace , and here in Hempstead, a new-build supermarket in progress for several years had its soft opening. The store is around 20,000 square feet at ground level, with additional storage and prep space in the basement. Produce is on the right sid...

At the time of my visit, this store was celebrating its grand reopening as an Associated Fresh Market. My visit was right after the store had changed ownership, with previous owner Bruno Corona, who had owned the store since 2009, selling the store to Khalid Innab who also owns the Lincoln Market around the corner. Corona still owns a Pioneer Supermarket a few blocks south, which we'll see up next! Going back to the mid-1980s, this location was a Consumers Food , a chain I know nothing about. Heading in, we see a bright and clean, if somewhat outdated, supermarket. The 11,000 square foot store begins with a deli immediately inside the entrance and produce next to that, continuing down the first grocery aisle. Meats line the back wall, with dairy and frozen in the last aisle. Very hard to place how old this decor is, or even whether it was all installed at once. It's been maintained very well though. At the back of the first aisle, we encounter a random sign for O...