The Market Report

SuperFresh Owner: Willie Park Opened:  2016 Previous Tenants:  A&P > Food Basics > Farmboy Country Market > Farmboy SuperFresh Cooperative:  Key Food Stores Location:  465 Getty Ave, Paterson, NJ Photographed:  February 2021 Okay, folks. Let's see if Blogger is going to be nice to me today. It's our final day of Bergen & Passaic Counties, and we have a few final stores to update or revisit. And if everything publishes the way it should, this should be the first store to appear on The Market Report, with the next stores being Food Fair and Food Universe here in Paterson, along with SuperFresh up in Glen Rock . There's also a Special Report over at The Independent Edition of the newly opened Green Way Markets . So let's discuss this store. For a piece of totally useless trivia, it's the southernmost supermarket within the city limits of Paterson, with the Clifton border being just a block or two to the south. It's also located just next door to ...

Food Fair La Gran Marqueta Owner: unknown Opened: ca. 2012 under current ownership; 2009 under previous ownership Previous Tenants:  Food Fair > other tenants > Super Food Fair (2009-ca. 2012) Cooperative:  Key Food Stores Location:  946 Market St, Paterson, NJ Photographed:  February 2021 Our next store in Paterson is Food Fair La Gran Marqueta! We toured the store back in 2017  and I returned in February to check in with the store (this is a rare store that I haven't actually returned to since my original visit, despite it being not that far from where I live). The store is looking great, but pretty much the same as my original visit. The only big change is the fresh coat of paint on the exterior. The interior looks the same, which is to say, very good... Just one interior shot to show that the store is still in nice shape. As I mention in the original tour, the 19,000 square foot store is absolutely packed with merchandise and features, making it extr...

Food Universe Marketplace Owner: unknown Opened:  2019 Previous Tenants:  ShopRite > Pathmark > Food Basics > GalaFresh Farms Cooperative:  Key Food Stores Location:  498 E 30th St, Paterson, NJ Photographed:  February 2021 It's just a few weeks since we actually covered the Food Universe Marketplace here in Paterson, with a store tour last month , but I returned to visit the store myself just after posting that tour. And boy, am I glad to have gotten back! This store is looking better than ever after its extensive remodel which I mentioned in the previous tour. The 37,000 square foot supermarket is part of a new push by Key Food into Paterson, a city which many chains have ignored due to its low income level and high crime rate. However, based on Key Food's latest stores here, it's clear they're investing big in the city. (Make sure to check out their other two stores, SuperFresh and Food Fair , along with our other posts today -- the SuperFresh in G...

SuperFresh Owner: Miguel Luna Opened:  2016 Previous Tenants:  A&P > A&P Food Bazaar > A&P Sav-A-Center > Food Basics > Key Food Cooperative:  Key Food Stores Location:  937 Lincoln Ave, Glen Rock, NJ Photographed:  February 2021 Returning to the SuperFresh in Glen Rock five years after it first opened as a Key Food (it was converted to a SuperFresh almost immediately as the store was purchased before Key Food actually had the rights to the SuperFresh name). We first saw it back in the summer of 2017 , including some in-renovation pictures. Not much has changed, which is actually a good thing -- the store was and still is beautiful, although it does seem the store has been reset. But that's about it. However, I think I should give credit where credit is due, and I complained about the re-use of the Food Basics entrance and exit signs for the property, as well as the re-use of Food Basics-branded carts in my original tour. Very happy to r...