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ALDI Opened: unknown Previous Tenants:  unknown Location:  13291 Gordon Blvd, Woodbridge, VA Photographed:  December 2021 We're all the way at the northern part of Woodbridge, VA for our final supermarket in town. This ALDI is in the Gordon Plaza, which appears to have originally been anchored by a supermarket and a department store . The ALDI takes up the right half, or roughly 19,000 square feet, of what I suspect was the supermarket. This is one of two ALDIs in town, by the way. And that's all for Woodbridge, but up next we'll be staying in the state for now as we travel to DC suburbs! Before we move on to our next group, though, starting on Monday, we have a few updates tomorrow. Check out three here on The Market Report and two over on The Independent Edition !

Food Lion Opened: unknown Previous Tenants:  none Location:  13414 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Woodbridge, VA Photographed:  December 2021 Folks, this 33,000 square foot Food Lion in an unnamed strip mall at the corner of Jefferson Davis Highway and Gordon Boulevard is not particularly remarkable, as few Food Lions are. But it is our last Food Lion as we begin to wrap up our coverage of the mid-Atlantic area! We're all the way at the north end of Woodbridge here (which is home to several other Food Lions, too). We have one final Woodbridge store across the street from this one, which we'll be covering right here on The Market Report tomorrow!

Todos Supermarket Owner: Carlos Castro Opened:  1990 Cooperative:  none Location:  13905 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Woodbridge, VA Photographed:  December 2021 Our final Latin/international supermarket in Woodbridge, VA is the middle sized one -- Fresh World was over 50,000 square feet, while Americana was just under 20,000. This one is right in the middle at slightly more than 35,000 square feet. This is Todos Supermarket's older location, with a newer one at 16593 River Ridge Blvd here in Woodbridge in a beautiful 70,000 square foot location that was previously J&J International and before that, probably a large chain supermarket (Safeway, if I had to guess). Unfortunately, we will not be seeing that one although it looks really nice . We have two more grocery stores here in Woodbridge before we leave the city and they're both large chain stores, so check the next one out on The Market Report tomorrow.

Americana Grocery Owner: Pablo Perez Opened:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  14428 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Woodbridge, VA Photographed:  December 2021 It might not be the 50,000 square foot international superstore that Fresh World is, but the Americana Grocery of Woodbridge, one of three in the Latin supermarket chain, is still a substantial international supermarket at 20,000 square feet. I grabbed these pictures while driving by at night (I was not driving, of course) so they're not great but I did touch up that first one a little bit for a little bit of a better shot of the store. And it's appropriate, I think, to have Americana Grocery on July 4th! But it's not the only store we have today -- this strip mall was originally home to an A&P. Check that out here , and tomorrow, we move about another mile north to our next independent Latin supermarket!

Original Tenant: A&P Address: 14478 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Woodbridge, VA Opened:  1960s Closed:  unknown Later Tenants:  Carquest Photographed:  December 2021 Keeping with our patriotic theme for the 4th of July, we are seeing the Americana Grocery at the north end of this strip mall and the former Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company location at the southern end! This centennial A&P is roughly 19,000 square feet and is almost a perfect square, which is not the model I'm more familiar with (many of the centennials in the northern NJ area are long and thin, though that's frequently because they were retrofitted into existing stores or other buildings). Tomorrow, we move about another mile north to our next Latin supermarket over on The Independent Edition !

Fresh World Owner: Kenneth Kim Opened:  2021 Cooperative:  none Location:  2042 Daniel Stuart Sq, Woodbridge, VA Photographed:  December 2021 At this point, I've visited and photographed over 2700 current, former, and future grocery stores. I've seen a heck of a lot. And it takes a lot to impress me. But I was blown away by the Fresh World of Woodbridge. This store opened in September 2021 in a former Price Rite that was built in the 90s as a Safeway, and at a little under 53,000 square feet, it's not the largest supermarket in the world but feels gigantic. We have another nighttime tour, so we'll see the store without a lot of customers, but again every indication says this store is extremely high-volume. Several months after opening, the store was still absolutely packed with fresh merchandise and an incredible international selection. This is one of the most truly international supermarkets I've been to, with other contenders including the Long Island City (and...

MOM's Organic Market Opened: 2015 Owner:  Scott Nash Previous Tenants:  unknown Location:  14470 Smoketown Rd, Woodbridge, VA Photographed:  December 2021 We're going to visit Woodbridge by passing through from south to north, and our first stop is in the southwestern part of the city. Prince William Square is home to this MOM's Organic Market, whose Cherry Hill location we toured not too long ago. I suspect the strip mall was also previously home to another supermarket, probably where Joann Fabrics is now. The 12,300 square foot natural supermarket has a fair amount of competition, including a small natural market in the Potomac Festival across the street, a Wegmans just beyond that, and an assortment of other supermarkets. There are quite a few international supermarkets here in Woodbridge, including a SuperFresh, I mean Global Food (with SuperFresh decor almost entirely intact). But the granddaddy of all international supermarkets is located not too far east o...