The Market Report

Shaw's Opened: ca. late 1990s Owner: Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: none Location: 66 Mountain View Dr, Colchester, VT Photographed: August 14, 2025 Welcome to The Market Report's final Vermont store! We're just north of the city of Burlington here in a suburb called Colchester to visit a Shaw's. This is not a particularly exciting store, although it does have some interesting quirks. So let's check it out! Burnt-out "a" aside, this store is in great shape despite not getting a major remodel for some time. You enter via this impressive atrium on the right side of the store, which brings you into the grand aisle. Floral is up front, with prepared foods and deli in an island facing produce on the right side wall. Bakery, meat, and seafood counters are at the back, with meat lining the rest of the back wall. Frozen and dairy are on the left side, with pharmacy and health and beauty in the front-left corner. So we're seeing ...

Always Full Market Opened: 2023 Owner: Jiemei Yu and Wen Dong Previous Tenants: non-grocery tenants Cooperative: none Location: 179 Bank St, Burlington, VT Photographed: August 14, 2025 Burlington is Vermont's largest city, and one of its more diverse areas. There's an Asian community here in parts of Burlington, and right downtown is a small Asian market called Always Full. It's small -- I'd estimate only around 3000 square feet -- but stocks the basics and some fresh items that the eastern Asian community in town probably isn't finding at the bigger supermarkets around. There are a few short grocery aisles plus a small cafe counter for boba tea and other drinks. This is one of two Always Full stores, with the other being just outside of town in South Burlington . In the northern part of downtown Burlington, there are also a handful of other small Asian grocers. This store is just about half a block in from the well-known Church Street Marketplace , the pede...

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...