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Whole Foods Market Opened: May 14, 2025 Owner:  Amazon Previous Tenants:  Associated Supermarkets Cooperative:  none Location:  409 E 14th St, Manhattan, NY Photographed:  June 13, 2025 Whole Foods has been in the news mostly recently for out-of-stocks related to a hack at UNFI , their primary supplier. But just before that, Whole Foods made the news for opening two new small-format stores in New York City, in mid-May here in Stuyvesant Town, and early June in Hell's Kitchen, which we'll see in a bit. This is the latest expansion for the small-format stores, with the first location opening on the Upper East Side in September . Here in Stuy Town, a roughly 10,000 square foot Whole Foods Daily Shop has replaced a longtime Associated that closed in 2019. It's been extensively renovated and looks nothing like the previous Associated  (which was pleasant and very old-school). It's been long enough that I don't really remember the layout of the Associated, but...

We're wrapping up our Manhattan stores with this Associated in the Peter Cooper Village of Manhattan. Unfortunately, yet again, a redevelopment has resulted in rents rising and a coming Trader Joe's nearby, causing owner Joe Falzon to make the decision to close up shop after 26 years. You can read much more here . It's a real shame, but it's happened so much that it's not even surprising anymore. I'll be sorry to see this one go, though. At the far end of Peter Cooper Village, though, is a relatively recently-renovated  CTown that I really liked. This store is located at 409 E 14th St. Tomorrow we're going over to Queens for the first time on The Market Report, I believe! Photographed August 2017