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Special Report: Shop Fresh Marketplace - Hackettstown, NJ

Shop Fresh Marketplace Owner: Nick Nasser Opened:  March 3, 2023 Cooperative:  Great Valu Markets Location:  7 Naughright Rd, Hackettstown, NJ Photographed:  March 3, 2023 Welcome back to the former Hackettstown A&P , just reopened a week ago as Shop Fresh Marketplace! The independent grocery store is owned by Nick Nasser, whose stores we've toured before, and this time affiliated with Great Valu Markets, a small cooperative of about 13 stores in NJ, PA, DE, MD, NC, and VA. This is Nasser's latest supermarket opening in New Jersey, with past stores in South Amboy (2013-2015), Elizabeth (2017-2018), Middlesex (April 2019-September 2019), and West Milford (2020-2022). So while this is far from the owner's first venture into grocery, it's also not a great track record, with his longest-open store being open for just about two years. I visited Elizabeth and West Milford while they were in business, and I saw both stores start fairly strong and quickly deteriorate...