The Market Report

Fine Fare Supermarkets Owner: Juan Diaz Opened:  2010 Previous Tenants:  A&P (closed ca. 1980) > IGA > Compare Foods Cooperative:  Retail Grocers Group Location:  200 W Buttonwood St, Reading, PA Photographed:  August 20, 2019 Welcome to the city of Reading, PA for our first supermarket! This 30,000 square foot supermarket was built in the 1970s as an A&P, before closing around 1980. It became an IGA shortly thereafter, then a Compare Foods more recently and most recently a Fine Fare in 2010. (It's possible the owners of the Compare Foods and the Fine Fare are the same.) The best part about this store is that, although there have been some modifications inside, it's still got almost its entire A&P decor package intact. Reading is a lower-income but fairly large city, with a population of about 100,000 and a median household income around $26,000. It's about 60% Hispanic, meaning that several of the urban NYC coops (Fine Fare, Krasdale, and mos...

Redner's Fresh Market Opened: 2019 Previous Tenants:  Redner's Warehouse Markets (1991-2019) Location:  1149 Berkshire Blvd, Wyomissing, PA Photographed:  August 20, 2019 We're here in Wyomissing to check out our second Redner's Fresh Market! This 60,000 square foot store was built by Redner's in 1991 as a Redner's Warehouse Market, then converted to the higher-end Fresh Market format in 2019. The store might not be quite as impressive as Audubon , a really beautiful store, but this is by its own right an impressive grocery store. How about this -- an automated frozen yogurt machine, located right inside the entrance of the store? There's also a coffee bar and other types of similar amenities. The produce department is in the front right corner along with bakery. The Wall of Values is on the right side of the store, with meat, seafood, and deli on the back wall. Frozen/dairy are on the left side with a Beer & Wine Cafe in the front left corner. The groc...