The Market Report

Shop Fair Supermarkets Opened: June 7, 2025 Owner:  Anibal Rodriguez Previous Tenants:  Waldbaum's > V&C Supermarket Cooperative:  Retail Grocers Group Location:  12 N Franklin St, Hempstead, NY Photographed:  July 18, 2025 By now, if you've been reading The Market Report for long enough, you're familiar with the core New York City-area grocery cooperatives. In no particular order: Krasdale Foods ( CTown and Bravo ), Key Food Stores ( Key Food , Food Universe , SuperFresh , The Food Emporium , Food Dynasty ), America's Food Basket ( AFB and Ideal Food Basket ), Associated Supermarket Group ( Associated , Met , Pioneer , and Compare ), Allegiance Retail Services ( Foodtown , Freshtown , Pathmark ) and Retail Grocers Group ( Fine Fare and Shop Fair ). Most of these groups run relatively small-format, urban supermarkets. Some, like Key Food and Allegiance, have a number of larger, suburban locations ; some (like Krasdale) are staunchly against that. Reta...

Shop Fair Supermarkets Opening: TBA Owner:  Anibal Rodriguez Previous Tenants:  Waldbaum's > V&C Supermarket Cooperative:  Retail Grocers Group Location:  12 N Franklin St, Hempstead, NY Photographed:  April 18, 2025 The grocery scene of downtown Hempstead is changing. Last fall, the Stop & Shop closed and, after an overnight transition, became Food Bazaar . Earlier in 2024, longtime Asian supermarket V&C closed, and it's now set to become a Shop Fair after extensive renovations. I stopped by the store on April 18 to find the renovation in full swing. I caught a few glimpses inside the windows, and it looks like the interior will be similar to this (that's a location in the Bronx). But at almost 40,000 square feet, this will be quite a bit larger than all the other Shop Fair locations. It's also one of the relatively few locations outside New York City for the group. If you zoom into the above picture, you can see the signage being installed on ...