The Market Report

Well, it's been a while since we've done one of these, huh? I feel like we've been moving at light-speed through southern New England (can you believe the first post in Connecticut was just in March 2024? It feels like it should be many more years ago) and now it's time to take a break. The rest of this week, I'm going to show you some of the sights and scenes I encountered while out visiting all the many supermarkets I've spent the last two years posting -- plus, of course, while I was living in Massachusetts. I'm really excited to take you all on a tour of the area, starting today with Connecticut and Rhode Island. Click on any image to enlarge it. If this isn't of interest, come back next Tuesday to see the next 10th year special feature! Connecticut Western Connecticut Washington, CT  - Remember the historic Washington Food Market ? Here's a look at the quaint downtown of Washington, situated in beautiful Litchfield County. Plainville, CT  - A l...

Shaw's Opened:  unknown Owner:  Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  71 E Main Rd, Middletown, RI Photographed:  August 2021 Contributor:  Lucas F. Exterior Image from Google Maps Street View Another store sent to me by Lucas, who also photographed today's other tour of A Market in Newport ! This Shaw's is about 65,000 square feet, and although I'm not exactly sure when the store opened, the building goes as far back as the 1950s. In the early- to mid-1990s, though, the current supermarket space was constructed (expanded?) including the facade that's currently on the building. I believe this corner, with seasonal and customer service, is in the front of the grand aisle, but I'm not sure. Moving into the supermarket... Inside, the store received the Premium Fresh & Healthy 3.0 renovation in the late Supervalu days -- probably between around 2012 and 2016, give or take a few years on either side -- and, more r...

Central Meat Market Opened: 2001 Owner:  Tony Cabral Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  113 Gano St, Fox Point, Providence, RI Photographed:  October 11, 2024 On the far eastern edge of the Fox Point neighborhood, where we are seeing Fox Point Grocers , is the Central Meat Market. It's a small, old-school butcher shop with a couple shelves of groceries. I don't know for sure, but it looks like parts of Fox Point are gentrifying or recently gentrified, so it seems like Fox Point Grocers is the "new" Fox Point while this store is the "old" Fox Point. You can see more pictures on their website . The outside was redone relatively recently, and the Fox Point mural on the side is also relatively new. If you go to the older street views on Google Maps , you can see what the exterior used to look like. Tomorrow's stores are about 20 miles south, near the Rhode Island coast!