The Market Report

For this weekend's special coverage, let's take a look at some of the New York City-area grocery news -- because there's been a lot happening! As always, follow me at news.marketreportblog.com to hear breaking news first. A mechanical note: use the menu bar at the top to filter recent posts if you'd like to see only the recent Boston-area stores , new store openings and other news , and updates . Now, onto this weekend's updates. First for a look at the bigger news... Wakefern acquires Morton Williams Wakefern Food Corp., the cooperative that runs ShopRite stores, has acquired NYC chain Morton Williams outright. It seems that the stores will be corporately-owned, joining about 100 other Wakefern-owned ShopRite and Price Rite locations. Read more on Food Trade News , and see the discussion over on RetailWatchers here . Northeast Grocery might be up for sale Northeast Grocery, the Schenectady-based owner of Price Chopper, Market 32, and Tops, has been exploring a sal...

Morton Williams Fresh Marketplace Owner: Morton Sloan Opened:  January 26, 2024 Previous Tenants:  non-grocery tenants Cooperative:  Allegiance Retail Services Location:  2015 Broadway, Manhattan, NY Photographed:  January 26, 2024 Welcome to the newest Morton Williams! This store opened just this morning on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, on Broadway between 68th and 69th Streets. It’s the latest opening for Allegiance, which has also recently opened a store in Bloomingdale, NJ , and two Foodtowns in Brooklyn — more on those soon. In advance, please forgive any formatting issues on this post, as I’m actually writing it on my phone from a Starbucks a few blocks away. I’m hoping to update this post tonight or tomorrow with progress photos from the construction and fix any formatting issues. But for now, our tour! Although I’m not sure, I’d estimate that the store is around 12,000 square feet. It’s an unusual layout, as with many Morton Williams, given the cram...

Morton Williams Supermarkets Owner: Avi Kaner Opened:  2010 Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  none; supplied wholesale by Wakefern Location:  105 River Dr S, Newport, Jersey City, NJ Photographed:  December 2020 We're here in Newport Green, a waterfront development located basically on top of the Holland Tunnel (which connects Jersey City to Manhattan), to tour New Jersey's only location of Manhattan-based chain Morton Williams. While I can't find the exact square footage for this store, I'd estimate it's in the 30,000 square foot range. It's located just over a half mile from the ShopRite of Metro Plaza , though that's a pretty awful half mile to walk or drive. It's closer to a quarter of a mile from the next chain supermarket to the north, which appears to be the preferred store as it was crowded while this store was absolutely deserted -- and that store, which we'll be touring tomorrow, is much easier to get to from this neighborhood. We ente...