Seasons Supermarkets, a troubled Brooklyn-based Kosher supermarket chain
emerged from bankruptcy under a new owner in early 2019, and part of the turnaround effort was a new 12,000 square foot location in Scarsdale, NY, replacing a former Gristedes. Located in the back corner of a strip mall that's already hard to see from the road, this store's location may prove to be a tough challenge to overcome as the store was deserted at the time of my visit. It does seem to be the only Kosher supermarket in the area, though it's also a traffic light away from a Balducci's that we'll be touring tomorrow.
I think it's pretty fair to assume there's nothing left from Gristedes inside. You enter and turn right along the front wall to enter the produce department in the front right corner, with bakery continuing along the rest of the right side wall. Deli is in an island facing that. In a slightly strange arrangement, seafood is on the back wall near deli and bakery, but dairy lines the rest of the back wall with meat at the far end of the store in the last aisle.
Beautifully presented deli and bakery with hardly anyone shopping or working.
The first aisle is extra-wide, with an alcove in the front corner for produce, kind of like the 1970s ACME layout which we've
seen.
Looks like we might need one more lightbulb behind the fresh fish sign here. This decor vaguely resembles the
Long Island City Food Bazaar, where the
seafood signage is backlit with LED on each letter.
Packaged deli and dairy run along the back wall.
This is the first grocery aisle looking towards the front wall of the store. You can see the wall to the left, which makes up the back of the deli department.
Large selection of nonfoods here.
Frozen foods in the second-to-last aisle. These fixtures are all almost certainly brand new.
Meats lining the side wall of the store in the last aisle.
A look across the front end with floral and customer service at the far end near the entrance. Produce continues in the corner beyond that. This store is beautiful but I can't see how this store will stay in business when the other stores I visited before and after this one were busy with people picking up groceries on their way home from work (early evening around dinnertime). Stay tuned because tomorrow we'll be touring the Balducci's a block up the street!
Seasons Supermarket
1104 Wilmot Ave, Scarsdale, NY
Photographed March 2020
I like some of the décor here, particularly the seafood department (which reminds me somewhat of an aquarium). It's also unusual to see the color purple for produce, but it works pretty well I think.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think the design of the store is pretty good! Purple and green are Seasons' colors, so that's where they come from.
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