The Market Report

Food Bazaar Supermarket Opened: October 4, 2024 Owner:  Spencer An Previous Tenants:  Grand Union (closed 2001) > Stop & Shop (2001-2024) Cooperative:  none Location:  675 Paterson Ave, Carlstadt, NJ Photographed:  December 15, 2024 Time for another update at two of the Food Bazaar stores acquired from Stop & Shop this past fall! The Carlstadt store's renovation is moving right along, while Pisctataway's hasn't really started yet. As we have previously seen, Carlstadt's exterior has been painted, but the interior work is progressing too. (See here for my most recent post on Carlstadt and Piscataway, about a month ago.) Inside, Carlstadt is starting to look much more like a Food Bazaar than a Stop & Shop, though the majority of the fixtures and layout remain. But the flooring has been switched to polished concrete throughout, and the ceiling and walls have gotten a fresh paint job. While I do generally like the dark ceiling, here it results in th...

Food Bazaar Supermarket Opened: October 18, 2024 Owner:  Spencer An Previous Tenants:  Edwards > Stop & Shop Cooperative:  none Location:  581 Stelton Rd, Piscataway, NJ Photographed:  November 9, 2024 Buckle up for a big weekend! Today and tomorrow, we'll be taking a look at eleven brand-new or newly-renovated stores (and the full list is at the bottom of this post). We're starting with two of the acquired Food Bazaar locations converted from Stop & Shop in the last several weeks. First, let's see what's going on at Piscataway, which opened in mid-October. The store has been fully set up (well okay, mostly) but strangely, it's still not really on the Food Bazaar program. There are minimal storebrands -- some Bogopa, Food Bazaar's own brand, but minimal selections of other brands. I saw only a few Seven Farms products, the organic brand distributed by Food Bazaar's distributor Bozzuto's, and no Life Every Day or Life Goods (also from Bozzuto...