The Market Report

Ideal Fresh of Rossville Opened:  Summer 2022 Owner:  Mike Virga Previous Tenants:  Mignosi's Supermarket Cooperative:  America's Food Basket Location:  1006 Rossville Ave, Staten Island, NY Photographed:  August 1, 2022; November 7, 2024; and April 14, 2025 In Rosebank, the Top Tomato supermarket was acquired by new owners and rebranded with a big renovation. Here in Rossville -- across the island, nine miles southwest -- the same deal has happened with an old-school Mignosi's Supermarket. (And hey, the Foodtown we're also seeing today was previously a Mignosi's!) I don't know when Mignosi's originally opened the roughly 7000 square foot supermarket, but it was sold in 2006 but remained Mignosi's -- or Miggy's, as it was affectionately called. It was the last Mignosi's to stay in business on Staten Island, and the chain previously also had locations in Sunnyside (now the Foodtown), Westerleigh (now Beyar's), and Bulls Head (now Lander Mar...

Foodtown of Clove Road Opened:  April 2025 Owner:  David Shehadeh Previous Tenants:  Mignosi's Supermarket > Olive Tree Marketplace Cooperative:  Allegiance Retail Services Location:  1490 Clove Rd, Staten Island, NY Photographed:  May 8, 2025 At least three supermarkets on Staten Island have recently changed their name. In Rossville, a longtime Mignosi's Supermarket became an Ideal Fresh in 2022 and just held its grand reopening after an extensive renovation. In Rosebank, a Top Tomato became a Food Dynasty after a sale and also just completed a big remodel. And here in Rosebank, the Olive Tree Marketplace became a Foodtown in mid-April. But as we'll see, this unfortunately didn't come with a major renovation. I'm not sure of this store's entire history, but for a long time, it was a Mignosi's, founded by the family that now runs the Foodtown in East Stroudsburg (but who later sold it). In 2014, it was taken over by the Shehadeh family and reopened as...