The Market Report

ShopRite Opened: 2013 Owner:  LoCurcio Family Markets Previous Tenants:  Pathmark (1980s-2010) Cooperative:  Wakefern Food Corp. Location:  726 Washington Ave, Belleville, NJ Photographed:  September 11, 2025 It's time for another visit to the ShopRite of Belleville, a former Pathmark that closed in 2010 and reopened three years later under the same ownership as the ShopRite of Nutley. Nutley has recently undergone a major renovation, and my most recent post about that also included a look at the beginning of a renovation at the Belleville location. Belleville, although it's now more than 10 years old, still felt like a pretty new store prior to the latest renovation. Now, it feels really brand-new, just like Nutley. As I guessed, the ceiling has been painted black throughout most of the store, and new flooring has been installed throughout too. It was an extensive renovation for a store that's not even 15 years old, but they didn't relocate any service depart...

ShopRite Opened: 1954 Owner:  LoCurcio Family Markets Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  Wakefern Food Corp. Location:  437 Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ Photographed:  November 8, 2024 Welcome to the ShopRite of Nutley! This store dates back to 1954 when it opened as the Park Fruit & Vegetable Market here in downtown Nutley, and over time, the store expanded and eventually joined Wakefern. Today, it's around 50,000 square feet, comprising more expansions than I can even count. And although it's always been an extremely well-run store, in my opinion notably better than other area ShopRites owned by other members, it hasn't been exactly state-of-the-art in a long time. The store recently completed a major renovation -- its grand reopening is today, in face -- and I visited the store on Friday as the finishing touches were being put on. It's truly an impressive transformation of the store. I first photographed the Nutley ShopRite back in 2021, when it was a nic...