The Market Report

Edwards Brothers Supermarkets Opened: between 2019 and 2023 Owner:  Jeremy & Jason Edwards Previous Tenants:  Trenton Marketplace (closed between 2019 and 2023) Cooperative:  none Location:  1007 Bar Harbor Rd, Trenton, ME Photographed:  June 15, 2022 Welcome to Trenton! If this and our recent visit to Camden  might make you think we're back in my home state of New Jersey, I'd like to remind you that Trenton, Maine has a population of just 1500. (Trenton, NJ has almost 100,000.) Here we're taking a quick look at an Edwards Brothers Supermarket, which opened at some point between 2019 and 2023 taking over a longtime independent called Trenton Marketplace. This supermarket is around 11,000 square feet and is supplied by Hannaford. Edwards Brothers also recently took over a location in Searsport , bringing their total store count to 4. Here's a look inside the store from Google Maps. Trenton's Edwards Brothers Supermarket is a little over a mile north of...

Tozier's Family Markets Open:  1964-2024 Owner:  Dale Tozier Previous Tenants:  unknown Later Tenants:  Edwards Brothers Supermarkets (2024- ) Cooperative:  none Location:  22 E Main St, Searsport, ME Photographed:  August 14, 2019 Tozier's Family Markets isn't exactly a household name, but the grocery store was previously a small chain in this region of Maine. This 11,000 square foot supermarket opened back in 1964 and was in business for 60 years, closing in the summer of 2024. I visited it while it was still open in the summer of 2019. After Tozier's closed, another local chain called Edwards Brothers Supermarkets reopened this location. They're supplied by Hannaford, as are several independents in the area. They lightly remodeled the former Tozier's prior to opening. Edwards Brothers doesn't seem to have changed the layout. Deli-bakery are in the front-right corner, with produce and meats in the rest of the first aisle. Beer is on the back wall, w...