Fruit Fair Owner: Samaita and Jared Newell Opened: 1936 Cooperative: none Location: 398 Front St, Chicopee, MA Photographed: November 20, 2023 This Fruit Fair must be one of the longest continuously-operating supermarkets in Massachusetts! The store dates back to 1936 (although this building was likely constructed in the 1960s), and up until 1936, it was owned by Alvin H. Phillips, who according to Groceteria owned quite a few stores in Chicopee. The store is a Chicopee institution, although it's only been owned by the current owners since 2021 . And they've been working on modernizing and improving the store, too -- including adding a greenhouse on the supermarket's roof! The old-school interior has been updated with new flooring and fixtures, but the feeling is still of an old-fashioned independent supermarket. It's very pleasant and very slow-paced. There's an entrance and exit at each end of the L-shaped store. In the short part of the L is produce and a f...