The Market Report

Village Marketplace Opening:  TBA Owner:  unknown Previous Tenants:  Village Super Market > ShopRite > Village Market > Garden of Eden Marketplace > Ashley Marketplace Cooperative:  unknown Location:  1 S Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ Photographed:  September 5, 2025 We return to downtown South Orange Village where the former Ashley Marketplace has been closed for renovations and it's soon to reopen as Village Marketplace. Ashley Marketplace had a several-years-long decline before finally closing in March, and now it's soon to reopen " sometime after Labor Day " under this new brand. It's not clear whether the ownership of the store changed during this transition, but the store is getting some much-needed renovation inside. This store is located right at the train station in bustling downtown South Orange, a small suburban town just outside Newark. There's definitely a market for a grocer here, but Ashley couldn't execute what it needed to be. ...

It's no secret that food is expensive. Grocery prices are high and getting higher , but even despite that, there are still some easy ways to save on your weekly grocery bill. One simple one: choosing the right store to shop at. The Market Report has compared prices of 50 items at 30 stores across the northeastern US in an effort to find the lowest-priced (and highest-priced) groceries. Using a standard basket of common groceries like apples, flour, milk, eggs, ground beef, paper towels, and others, I've totaled up the full order at a selection of supermarkets in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, following up on my January survey . Here's the full results -- plus see more details at the end. And come back tomorrow for a look at two new stores opening soon in New Jersey! 30. Whole Foods, $453.72 Location: Lynnfield, MA Change since January 2025: +10.6% It's no surprise to most that the most expensive store on ...

Whole Foods Market Opened: 2013 Owner:  Amazon Previous Tenants:  Johnnie's Foodmaster (opened ca. 1980, closed 2012) Cooperative:  none Location:  27 Austin St, Boston, MA Photographed:  July 22, 2019 One of the ways that Whole Foods got so many stores in the Boston area was through the acquisition of six stores from Johnnie's Foodmaster, a local chain of supermarkets that went out of business in 2012 . This one was opened as a new-build Johnnie's Foodmaster around 1980, closing in late 2012. After renovations, Whole Foods opened the following year . The 31,000 square foot store today is a very nice Whole Foods. I photographed it in 2019, but I returned very recently (last winter, I think?) and can confirm nothing has changed. You enter to the grand aisle on the right side with a juice bar, bakery, produce, and cheese on that side. Dairy lines the back wall with frozen in the second-to-last aisle, and on the left side of the store are the meat, seafood, and d...