The Market Report

 A lot has been happening in the last few weeks, so here's a roundup of all the local supermarket news of the northeast. It's January, so unfortunately that means a lot of closures (openings typically happen in the spring and summer, and closures typically happen in the winter). But there's some other things going on, too. You can also follow me at news.marketreportblog.com for all the updates! This Weekend's Posts City Supermarket nears completion of its remodel in Kenilworth The small but mighty store in downtown Kenilworth is wrapping up its remodel after being acquired by local chain City Supermarket last summer. Read more here ! Price Chopper prepares to close a Worcester store The writing has been on the wall for years, but the time is here: Price Chopper will be closing their store in Main South Worcester. Read all about it here ! Shaw's at Webster Square is reset, but not (yet?) remodeled And just a couple blocks away, Shaw's has reset their southern Wo...

Plaza Supermarket Opened: 2008 under current ownership Owner:  Robert de Fernando Monegro Previous Tenants:  Finast > King Super Market > Santiago Meat Supermarket Cooperative:  Krasdale Foods Location:  1000 Main St, Worcester, MA Photographed:  January 13, 2025 Today's look at Plaza Supermarket in Worcester's Main South neighborhood is a very quick revisit to the small store, as they've almost finished a multi-year renovation project. The produce department has been redone with new fixtures (see here for the previous setup and a look at the store through the years), and new flooring, shelving, and aisle markers are in throughout the store. This building has been home to a grocery store for over 100 years at this point, going back to Abraham Glass, who owned a store here in the 1920s. Several other tenants occupied the building through the decades, until Plaza opened up in 2008. The only other change is that a hot food counter is being installed next to...

Plaza Supermarket Owner: Robert de Fernando Monegro Opened:  2008 under current ownership Cooperative:  Krasdale Foods Location:  1000 Main St, Main South, Worcester, MA Photographed:  April 21, 2018; April 22, 2018; September 5, 2018; September 15, 2018; November 9, 2018; March 27, 2021; April 23, 2021; April 28, 2023; May 8, 2023; and September 15, 2023 So I've only photographed this store 10 times, not the extravagant 11 like the Shaw's at Webster Square Plaza . But again, I lived nearby and went frequently, so we've got an extensive look at Plaza Supermarket here in Main South Worcester! This grocery store dates back all the way to 1925, when Abraham Glass owned a grocery store at 998 Main Street (that's somewhere around the middle of Plaza Supermarket, whose address is now 1000 Main St). First National Stores was next door at the same time at 988 Main St, now the far-right side of Plaza (where you can clearly see what used to be a separate storefront). By the ...