The Market Report

It's time for the last post of our second ShopRite week! Let's head out to Bethlehem, PA, in the Lehigh Valley , for a look at this store. Owned and operated by the Colalillo family, the 68,000 square foot store opened in the newly-built Madison Farms development in 2015. If I'm not mistaken, it was the second Colalillo store to use the decor package we're about to see, the first being the ShopRite of Yardley, which opened in a former SuperFresh in 2014. The store has an interesting decor package that's really not far from Pathmark's final decor . For a general idea of the layout, the grand aisle is on the left side of the store, with prepared foods in the front and deli/bakery in the back. Meat and seafood are along the back wall, with HABA and pharmacy along the front wall opposite produce. In addition to an extensive prepared foods selection, there is a seating area upstairs. The colors of the store are fantastic, with dark and neutral colors for...

Wow, five New Jersey ShopRites in one week! Bloomfield , Byram , Fair Lawn , Hillside , and now Parsippany. This store was built in the 1990s as a replacement for an older location next door at 790 US-46 which is now Bed Bath & Beyond. Parsippany shares an owner with the nearby famous Japanese-themed ShopRite of West Caldwell and measures nearly 90,000 square feet. The sprawling store has been expanded into neighboring storefronts and boasts a full liquor store (unusual for New Jersey), a Kosher butcher, a coffee shop, multiple prepared food bars, a pizzeria, and just generally more selections in each department than most other stores (several dozen kinds of bagels and house-made specialty cream cheese, for instance). Yes, it's enormous! Check out the size of those letters. Look at the guy walking in the blue shirt as compared to the S, which is probably at least 10' tall! And welcome inside! Hey, I guess some people pronounce the word "always" with...