The Market Report

The Market of Point Pleasant Beach Opened: July 10, 2026 Owner: Adam Shapiro Previous Tenants:  ACME Markets (1940s-ca. 1960s) > Foodtown (ca. 1960s-2011) > Stop & Shop (2011-2024) Cooperative: Associated Supermarket Group Location: 505 Richmond Ave, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ Photographed: July 16, 2026 Let's get one thing straight before we tour this new store at the Jersey Shore: It's 2026, not 1972. Right? Right. Okay. Keep that in mind. So here we are in Point Pleasant Beach! It's a shore town, about halfway between Asbury Park and Seaside Heights, and home to Jenkinson's Boardwalk , which you might've heard of. It's also home to this supermarket, which faithfully served the town's business district as the only grocer for decades. It was an ACME starting around the 1940s, becoming a Foodtown about 20 or 30 years later. By the 1970s, it was a Norkus Foodtown, which sold all their stores to Stop & Shop in 2011. Stop & Shop then closed...

ShopRite of Cherrywood Plaza Owner: David Zallie / Zallie Family Markets Opened: December 2025 Previous Tenants: Kmart Location: 1468 Blackwood-Clementon Rd, Clementon, NJ Photographed: June 5, 2026 Welcome to Clementon! I rarely get this far south in New Jersey -- we're about 30 miles east of Wilmington here, and almost 100 miles from the area where I live so this isn't a frequent destination of mine. But when I do get the chance to make it down here, I get to see some really interesting stores, including the new H Mart in Cherry Hill and this store, the spectacular new ShopRite of Cherrywood Plaza! Okay, spectacular except for one thing: who approved the lettering on that sign? No, the S isn't falling down, it was simply installed wrong before opening. Here's what the lettering is supposed to look like. With that gripe out of the way, let's take an extensive tour of what must be one of the best ShopRites I've ever been to. This 85,000 square foot store...