City Market Onion River Co-op Opened: 2002 Owner: cooperatively owned Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: National Co-op Grocers Location: 82 S Winooski Ave, Burlington, VT Photographed: August 14, 2025 Welcome to our next Vermont food co-op, which also happens to be the only large supermarket in downtown Burlington! This is the City Market, run by the Onion River Co-op, which has two locations here in town. This 22,000 square foot one was built in 2002. This store is similar to the Hunger Mountain Co-op in its general setup (and its food-geography name) but also in the fact that it's a beautiful, premium supermarket. It's a noticeable step up from the average chain supermarket, and that's reflected in a fantastic perimeter including lots of local produce and other local items. In fact, the bountiful produce department is the first department we encounter upon entering the store, then customers pass through the grocery aisles and health and beauty department. Here, d...
Go-Pal Supermarkets Opened: October 16, 2026 Owner: Nick Patel Previous Tenants: Mayfair Foodtown (1985-1995) > Edwards (1995-2001) > Stop & Shop (2001-2024) Cooperative: Allegiance Retail Services Location: 1083 Inman Ave, Edison, NJ Photographed: November 2, 2026 I've been commenting for a little while on the fact that Allegiance, the cooperative of independent supermarkets behind Foodtown and Pathmark stores, has seemed to be lagging behind -- closing stores and losing members to other cooperatives without opening many new ones. Lately, that trend has come to an abrupt end, including with two very high-profile and notable openings (interestingly, neither is a Foodtown, the brand that dominated the cooperative for decades). One is the stunning new Widdis Food Market on Staten Island, the latest effort from a family that owns Foodtowns in Brooklyn. The other is here in Edison, New Jersey. This roughly 50,000 square foot store was actually originally a Mayfair-owned ...