ShopRite Opened: September 19, 2026 Owner: Inserra Supermarkets Previous Tenants: Pathmark (1996-2015) > ACME Markets (2015-2026) Cooperative: Wakefern Food Location: 481 River Rd, Edgewater, NJ Photographed: September 19, 2026 It's time to visit the newest ShopRite! This store is located in Edgewater Commons, and was built as a Pathmark in 1996. In 2015, it was sold to ACME, and you can see my tour of the ACME here . The 70,000 square foot ACME closed at the end of their lease this summer, having reopened after a couple weeks as an Inserra-owned ShopRite yesterday. I visited in the afternoon, and let me tell you that it was absolutely insane. The store was packed with people, but the parking lot was easily the worst parking lot situation I've ever had the misfortune of driving through. This ShopRite is in a massive mall, so there's already a lot of traffic, but opening day drew out incredible crowds. Was it worth braving the throngs to visit this ShopRite on openin...
The Market of Bloomingdale Opened: August 2026 Owner: Adam & Erica Shapiro Previous Tenants: Big Leader Supermarket (1950s) > ShopRite (1960s) > Pathmark (1968-1970s) > Food World (closed 2023) > Bloomingdale Supermarket (2024-2025) > SuperFresh (2025-2026) Cooperative: Associated Supermarket Group Location: 78 Main St, Bloomingdale, NJ Photographed: September 16, 2026 Ah, the tiny town of Bloomingdale. It has one very small supermarket right on Main Street, and it's been remarkably active in the last few years. Let's take a look at the latest happenings. So this space was a store called Big Leader back in the 1950s, becoming a ShopRite the following decade and then a Pathmark in 1968. In the 1970s, Pathmark moved out to Kinnelon , and at some point after that, this space became an independent called Food World . Food World finally closed in 2023, and the following year, Adam and Erica Shapiro's Shap Markets took over the space. It reopened as Bloomi...