ASR Food Market Opened: February 2026 Owner: Aziz Khan Previous Tenants: SuperFresh (1997-2002) > Big Lots (ca. 2005-2024) Cooperative: none Location: 15501 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA Photographed: April 1, 2026 Welcome to Philadelphia! It's been a while since The Market Report has stopped in Philly, hasn't it? Well, I've gone back to the city (and its environs) a few times lately and there's some really interesting supermarkets in and around -- it's just that it's quite a distance from where I live. So let's check out one of the most interesting stores that opened back in February! I write about a lot of international supermarkets here on The Market Report, but we don't hear much about Uzbek supermarkets (other than Tashkent , of course). Philly's largest halal supermarket is this Uzbek market, which takes the place of a former Big Lots. But ASR isn't a new store -- in fact, they moved from a nearby location in a former Wawa. ASR...
Food Bazaar Supermarket Opened: 1999 Owner: Spencer An Previous Tenants: Waldbaum's (1991-mid 1990s) Cooperative: none Location: 238 E 161st St, Bronx, NY Photographed: September 19, 2023 and March 20, 2026 My love of Food Bazaar is well-documented , so there aren't that many of the NYC-based chain's stores that I haven't posted yet. This location is one, though -- located at Concourse Plaza in the Bronx just blocks from Yankee Stadium, an approximately 60,000 square foot store. It was built as a Waldbaum's in 1991, but Waldbaum's didn't last long and closed within a few years. Food Bazaar opened in the late 1990s, according to public records it looks like it was specifically 1999. I really don't know what the Waldbaum's was like, but it was still so new when Food Bazaar moved in there probably wasn't a whole lot to do. I don't know what the renovation history here was, but it's just gotten another renovation and held its grand reop...