LIDL Opened: February 4, 2026 Owner: Schwarz Group Previous Tenants: non-grocery tenants Cooperative: none Location: 545 US-46, Totowa, NJ Photographed: February 4, 2026 Welcome to the newest LIDL! Of course, this won't be the newest for long, as a Kips Bay location in Manhattan is set to open on February 26 . I visited Totowa, which opened on February 4, that morning shortly after the doors opened for the first time, but I wasn't able to get the pictures posted until now. So let's check out the new store! At a little over 27,000 square feet, this is on the smaller side for LIDL, although their newer stores seem to be getting smaller. Their expansion seems to be still going strong in the New York metro area, with at least three or four I can think of in progress within the city itself. I don't see much expansion outside of the NY metro area recently, though. This is a very narrow and deep store, with produce and bakery in the front-left corner. Deli/cold c...
News broke in late January that Di Bruno Bros., a Philadelphia-area chain of gourmet markets, would close three of its five stores . That comes after Brown's Super Stores, a ShopRite operator, acquired the chain in 2024 and Di Bruno Bros. became a Wakefern brand . So while the brand has been expanded in the sense that the products are now distributed to the other Wakefern stores, the original stores seem to be struggling. Two will remain, both within Philadelphia city limits. While I was in the Philly region recently to check out soon-to-close Amazon Fresh stores , I also stopped by some Di Bruno Bros. stores. Let's check them out! Ardmore (closed) Di Bruno Bros. Opened: April 2011 Closed: February 4, 2026 Owner: Brown's Super Stores Previous Tenants: N/A Cooperative: Wakefern Location: 120 Coulter Ave, Ardmore, PA Photographed: January 30, 2026 The Ardmore location is inside the Ardmore Farmers Market, a public market-style operation with various v...