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Kings Food Markets Opened: 1975 Owner:  Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants:  none; Safeway > Finast > Good Deal previously on this property Cooperative:  none Location:  393 Main St, Chatham, NJ Photographed:  June 16, 2024 Albertsons Companies bought the Kings and Balducci's chains in 2020 after their owner declared bankruptcy, but they didn't change much over the subsequent years and I'm not sure that the stores are any higher-volume than they were previously. Slowly, a few changes have started to be seen in Kings and Balducci's. Earlier this year, Balducci's embarked on a remodel at their location in McLean, VA , including a small expansion and new fixtures throughout . And earlier this month, Albertsons announced the closure of two stores -- a Balducci's express location inside Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and the Kings supermarket in Chatham, NJ. This Kings opened in 1975 on the site of a former supermarket that was occupied by Safeway, Fi...

The latest round of updates from our northern NJ Kings Food Markets, which of course for review declared bankruptcy in the summer of 2020 and in January 2021 was officially taken over by Albertsons Companies. Millburn We last saw the Millburn Kings (along with a few others) in March , and it's time to return to the store post-remodel to see what happened. As I mentioned, the remodel involved removing the olive and mezze (Mediterranean grains and vegetales) bars from the deli area. These products have been shifted over to the various deli refrigerators around the first aisle. A Google Maps review of Mendham says their salad bar has been removed (and Mendham had the same renovation signage as Millburn but no visible work as of March, and I haven't been able to get back since), but here the salad bar remains. Olives are now prepackaged in the deli alcove... And now, to see the results of the remodel of the produce/dairy area. First off, I was wondering last time how many frozen ai...