The Market Report

Food Bazaar Supermarket Opened: May 28, 2026 Owner: Spencer An Previous Tenants: none; Finast (closed ca. 1980) > CTown (1981-early 1990s) > Pioneer (late 1990s) > Food Bazaar (ca. late 1990s-2023) previously on property Cooperative:  none Location:  34-20 Junction Blvd, Corona, NY Photographed: May 29, 2026 and May 30, 2026 Welcome back to Jackson Heights (or Corona -- we're right on the border here). It's been a long time, but way back in January 2020, I posted the Food Bazaar that was here, a roughly 25,000 square foot store with a large parking lot. The store was pretty nice, but old -- in fact, it was built back around 1960 as a Finast. By 1981, it had become a CTown. Now, in 1988, Francis An had opened a CTown in a former Waldbaum's about a mile south. At some point, he also took over this CTown, and in the late 1990s, both stores became Pioneers, I believe along with one in New Jersey . By around 2000, they left CTown and were rebranded Food Bazaar, be...

Shop Fresh Food Marketplace Opened: April 10, 2026 Owner:  Neidy Marte Previous Tenants:  A&P (closed between 1977 and 1980) > Pioneer (ca. early 1980s) > furniture store > Rite Aid Cooperative:  Associated Supermarket Group Location:  4159 White Plains Rd, Bronx, NY Photographed:  April 24, 2026 Another new opening from ASG (see these two yesterday) is this Shop Fresh Food Marketplace, the fifth Shop Fresh store and latest addition to the growing cooperative. This was a former Rite Aid -- I know, big surprise there -- of around 10,000 square feet, but it was actually built as an A&P. In the early 1980s, it became a Pioneer. Pioneer is now part of ASG, so in a way they're returning to the space they once occupied (different store owners, of course). Produce is in the first aisle on the left side of the store, with dairy on the back wall. Frozen is in the second-to-last aisle on the right side, and meat is in the last aisle with service butche...