The Food Emporium Opened: January 9, 2026 Owner: Adam Shapiro Previous Tenants: Grand Union > Stop & Shop (2001-2017) > Giant Farmers Market (2018-2024) Cooperative: Key Food Stores Location: 19 Wyckoff Ave, Waldwick, NJ Photographed: January 9, 2026 A lot of the grand openings I write about here are interesting mostly to me and a small group of people who live near the store. No disrespect to those stores, but it's a rare supermarket opening that garners a lot of attention. Opening day at The Food Emporium in Waldwick here might look like a ho-hum event from the picture above, but the reason there was no one outside when I took that picture is because the entirety of the population of Waldwick, NJ was already inside this store, checking out the grand opening. If we rewind time a bit from 10:15 am yesterday when the above picture was taken to 9:59 -- exactly one minute before the store opened its doors... ...we'd see the line of people waiti...