The Market Report

Jericho Market Opened: 2016 Owner: Associated Grocers Northeast Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: Associated Grocers Northeast Location: 364 VT-15, Jericho, VT Photographed: August 15, 2025 While Associated Grocers Northeast -- primarily a cooperative of independent supermarkets -- does own some stores, they tend to acquire their own members or other independents when they're going out of business (see here ). But that's not the case all the time, as evidenced by this 22,000 square foot supermarket. This store was built from the ground up by AGNE in 2016, and is a beautiful store with lots of local personality. Let's check it out! Produce and bulk foods are in the first aisle, with an expanded bulk grain and spice selection like what we've seen in some of the natural food stores. Deli, bakery, and meat line the back wall, with frozen and dairy on the left side of the store. Beer and wine are then in the front-left corner. AGNE seems just as comfortable supportin...

Hanley's General Store Opened: ca. 1900 Owner:  Andrew Shaw Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: Associated Grocers Northeast Location: 30 S VT-108, Jeffersonville, VT Photographed: August 9, 2025 Vermont has a lot of general stores. Nobody tracks where the most general stores are, but it definitely feels like it would be (or should be) Vermont. These historic markets still dot the state , and some of them have become larger and closer to a small supermarket over time. That's the case just two miles west of here in Cambridge , and also true here in Jeffersonville. Hanley's General Store dates back to around 1900, and has now been expanded to around 7,000 square feet. Like Cambridge Village Market, Hanley's is supplied by Associated Grocers Northeast. Baked goods and nonfoods are up at the front near the registers (the baked goods are nice here, but not quite as good as Cambridge in my opinion). Produce and dairy are in the first aisle on the left side, with deli and...

Cambridge Village Market Opened: 2023 under current ownership; 1850s previously Owner: Ron and Linda Frey Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: Associated Grocers Northeast Location: 113 S Main St, Cambridge, VT Photographed: August 9, 2025 It's time to visit another small store similar to Steeple Market , which I posted Friday. This store is somewhere between a full supermarket and a general store (it even reminds me a bit of this store which we saw a couple months ago). Similar to Smitty's, the Cambridge Village Market has changed ownership a couple times over the years but has been continuously operating since the 1850s. This store is slightly larger than Steeple Market, measuring around 5600 square feet. The produce department is up front along with baked goods and the registers. Beer/wine and frozen foods are on the left side; dairy and meat are on the right side; deli is towards the back. Despite the [town name] Village Market  name, this store isn't owned by Ass...

Food Bazaar Supermarket Opened: October 22, 2026 Owner: Spencer An Previous Tenants: Stop & Shop (closed ca. 2005) > Western Beef (ca. 2014 - 2026) Cooperative: none Location: 605 Woodfield Rd, West Hempstead, NY Photographed: October 30, 2025 In Hempstead, Food Bazaar took over a Stop & Shop in 2024. Now, they've taken over another former Stop & Shop in West Hempstead -- but it's not that simple. Stop & Shop closed up shop here around 2005, leaving this small, dated location for a state-of-the-art Super Stop & Shop across town. After extensive renovations, the approximately 35,000 square foot building reopened as a Western Beef around 2014. Western Beef, for their part, moved out of a much smaller centennial A&P store at 103 Woodfield Rd , which seems to still be vacant today . And here at 605 Woodfield, Western Beef has left the building and now it's... ...a Food Bazaar, of course. If you haven't noticed yet, The Market Report is in th...