The Market Report

Shaw's Opened: unknown Owner:  Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  150 Western Ave, Augusta, ME Photographed:  August 12, 2019 Our last stop here in Augusta is the Shaw's to the west of downtown. At over 70,000 square feet, it's very large for a Shaw's (heck, it's pretty big compared to most supermarkets in northern New England at that size). I don't know much of the history here, but the building is clearly cobbled together from a few different storefronts or possibly expansions they've done over time. Most recently, it was probably redone outside around 2005. Inside, the store has a familiar Shaw's look . There's also two Hannafords here in Augusta, one slightly larger and one a bit smaller , along with a few small grocers. So now, while we're done with the city of Augusta, we're not done with this area quite yet. Tomorrow, The Market Report travels to the next city south, Gardiner, for a look at t...

Original Grocery Tenant: A&P Address: 47 Western Ave, Augusta, ME Opened:  ca. 1960 Closed:  by 1983 Later Tenants:  U-Haul (open by 1983) Photographed:  August 12, 2019 I hardly even need to say what the original tenant here was as this store design is instantly recognizable. it's amazing how well it's been preserved, too, more than 50 years after it was built. A&P closed here no later than 1983, and U-Haul was open no later than that year. The full building is a little over 20,000 square feet, but A&P's size was a few thousand square feet smaller as I assume this section was previously another tenant... The cupola on top of the building is looking particularly good! It's rare to see these buildings maintained with such meticulous detail. Tomorrow, we're headed just down the street for a look at another supermarket here in Augusta. Stay tuned!

Hannaford Opened: 2009 Owner:  Ahold Delhaize Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  none Location:  118 Cony St, Augusta, ME Photographed:  August 12, 2019 Welcome to one of the Hannafords in Augusta! Of the chain supermarkets in town, this is actually the smallest, coming in around 50,000 square feet (the Shaw's in town is closer to 70,000 square feet and the other Hannaford is even larger, at just under 75,000 square feet). It's also the newest supermarket in Augusta. This store was built from the ground up in 2009, replacing an older location a couple blocks away. More on that soon. I assume, though I'm not sure, that it hasn't been renovated since opening, and I'm not sure whether it's been remodeled since I took these pictures in 2019. As we can see, even a decade after its opening, it still looked practically like a brand-new store. I don't know how it's held up in the subsequent years, but it's a really nice supermarket. It's a standard H...

Tashkent Supermarket Opened: 2017 Owner: Odiljon Tursunov Previous Tenants:  Mandee/Walgreens Cooperative: none Location: 713 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn, NY Photographed:  April 5, 2024 and May 29, 2026 Welcome to the flagship Tashneck , er, Tashkent supermarket! This tiny market, opened in 2017 in a former Mandee clothing store on a very  busy corner of Brighton Beach, started what's now a tiny empire of Uzbek food markets . It was just 8,000 square feet, and mostly under the elevated subway tracks. Well, if this store is still open, why am I talking about it in the past tense? The grocer has just completed a major renovation of this location, doubling the size by expanding into a neighboring Walgreens -- and that's the storefront you see above. Now, the space at around 16,000 square feet (more if there's a basement) isn't huge, but it feels comparatively palatial compared to the tiny, overcrowded corner market. And let's be clear about something: this store ...