Food Bazaar Supermarket Opened: September 2024 Owner: Spencer An Previous Tenants: Melmarkets Foodtown > Stop & Shop (2001-2024) Cooperative: none Location: 132 Fulton Ave, Hempstead, NY Photographed: December 5, 2025 In October of 2024, Stop & Shop closed 32 stores. Several transitioned to new operators, including four in the New York metro area that went to Food Bazaar. Now, a little over a year later, Food Bazaar is holding the grand opening for its Hempstead location -- the first acquired Stop & Shop to finish its extensive remodel. The store has been open for business during the remodel, and only closed overnight for the transition to Food Bazaar. Before that, this supermarket was built as a Melmarkets Foodtown, a chain acquired in 1996 by Ahold-owned Edwards. The Edwards stores were rolled into Stop & Shop in 2000-2001, and the store was remodeled shortly thereafter by Stop & Shop. It got another renovation in 2020, although it...