The Market Report

ShopRite of Pelham Parkway Opened: 2022 Owner:  Village Super Market Previous Tenants:  Korvette's (1966-1980) > Caldor (1980-1999) > Kmart (1999-2002) > Fairway Market (2009-2022) Cooperative:  Wakefern Food Corp. Location:  847 Pelham Pkwy, Pelham, NY Photographed:  July 12, 2024 and June 30, 2025 Welcome to the ShopRite of Pelham Parkway, a Village Super Market-owned store that I haven't posted previously! This 75,000 square foot supermarket is carved out of a former department store , which was originally a Korvette's and later a Caldor, then Kmart. Fairway Market was the original grocery tenant here, opening up in this extensively-renovated building in 2009. In 2020, Fairway declared bankruptcy, and Village and Food Bazaar both bid on this location, with Village ultimately winning this along with four Manhattan stores and a warehouse. (Incidentally, Food Bazaar has a store not far away in Mount Vernon , and attempted to purchase a second in a dea...

LIDL Food Market Opened:  November 13, 2024 Owner:  Schwarz Group Previous Tenants:  assorted non-grocery tenants Cooperative:  none Location:  834 Pelham Pkwy, Pelham, NY Photographed:  December 6, 2024 Happy Sunday, and welcome to this weekend's first of two LIDL posts. After some missteps, the German-based discount supermarket chain has returned to expansion mode in the United States, especially here in the northeast. And while I was skeptical of LIDL at first -- okay, I really didn't like LIDL -- they've completely turned around their operation and their newest stores in this area are first-rate. Most importantly, at least in my book, they beat ALDI any day. And if you're not familiar with LIDL, ALDI is perhaps the best comparison. The stores tend to be quite a bit larger than ALDI, but the approach is similar: a limited assortment of primarily store-brand items sold in a no-nonsense environment. But from my latest observations the LIDL stores I've been...