The Market Report

Original Tenant: Shop n Bag Address: 2134 Street Rd, Bensalem, PA Opened:  1960s/70s Closed:  ca. early 1980s Later Tenants:  Food Check (1980s-late 1980s) > Staples (1988-2003) > Office Depot (2006-2010) > Bottom Dollar Food (2011-2015) > Jerusalem Furniture (2016- ) Photographed:  December 28, 2021 An obvious former Bottom Dollar Food location here in Bensalem has become a furniture store for the past five years or so. Check out the full history here and here . The 21,000 square foot store has a lot of similarities to the Cinnaminson location we saw not too long ago. There's also a Redner's a little under half a mile west, and an Amazon Fresh coming soon about a quarter of a mile southeast, not to mention a GIANT about 3/4 of a mile north and other assorted markets closer, so there's a lot of competition around here. Tomorrow, we continue our westward trek, this time moving about five miles northwest to our next stop in Feasterville-Trevose on The I...

Patel Brothers Owner: Swetal & Rakesh Patel Opened:  2021 Previous Tenants:  A&P (1970s-1982) > SuperFresh (1982-1999) > AC Moore Cooperative:  none Location:  1907 Street Rd, Bensalem, PA Photographed:  December 28, 2021 Today's post is a quick look at the Patel Brothers in Bensalem, which has been located in this strip mall for quite some time. In 2021, the store moved from a small corner location to this spot in a former AC Moore, which was itself built as an A&P and was converted to SuperFresh. The move looks to have expanded Patel Brothers from a 12,000 square foot corner space in the mall to a roughly 30,000 square foot anchor tenant position, so that was likely a big move up for them. We don't have too much coverage here in Bensalem, but we do have one more store across the street before we move on. Check it out on Monday at Grocery Archaeology !