The Market Report

Stop & Shop Opened: 2006 Previous Tenants:  none Location:  2145 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT Photographed:  December 11, 2023 Stop & Shop is from Massachusetts, but they've established themselves with a pretty significant presence in a few other states -- Connecticut and Rhode Island most notably, where they are the market leader. They have a significant presence in New York (especially Long Island) and New Jersey, too, though their forays into New Hampshire and Vermont were decidedly unsuccessful. While they're quite strong in Connecticut, there are a few places that they falter, and they really are not good at running stores in big cities. They've closed several New York City stores in the last few years, and most recently, announced they were closing one of their two Bridgeport stores. This one was built in 2006 and is expected to close by February 2024 -- the other one in Bridgeport is older and was renovated and expanded in the 90s, but hasn't been redo

  Happy winter! I'm going to take some time off from posting, but we'll be back strong starting our look at the southeastern part of New York State (excluding, of course, New York City) on January 1st. Enjoy your holiday season, and I can't wait to see you all at the beginning of next month! In the meantime, don't miss our last few posts and the Back in Time feature on Grocery Archaeology! And of course, keep your eye out for some special reports and updates over the next few weeks, too! Key Food - Upper West Side ACME Markets - Allendale, NJ Giant Farmers Market - Waldwick, NJ Trader Joe's - Forest Hills CTown - Morris Heights Antillana SuperFood - Morris Heights Food Bazaar - Ridgewood, Bushwick West, Bushwick East, and Inwood

  Happy winter! I'm going to take some time off from posting, but we'll be back strong starting our look at the southeastern part of New York State (excluding, of course, New York City) on January 1st. Enjoy your holiday season, and I can't wait to see you all at the beginning of next month! In the meantime, don't miss our last few posts and the  Back in Time  feature on Grocery Archaeology! And of course, keep your eye out for some special reports and updates over the next few weeks, too! Key Food - Upper West Side ACME Markets - Allendale, NJ Giant Farmers Market - Waldwick, NJ Trader Joe's - Forest Hills CTown - Morris Heights Antillana SuperFood - Morris Heights Food Bazaar - Ridgewood, Bushwick West, Bushwick East, and Inwood

Food Bazaar Supermarket Owner: Spencer An Opened:  2012 Previous Tenants:  Food Dimensions (2001-2012) Location:  1590 Gates Ave, Ridgewood, Queens, NY Photographed:  December 6, 2023 It's been a little while, so I think it's time to check in on Food Bazaar and see what they've been up to! A lot, as usual. Here's a roundup of what they're doing: They're preparing to take over a Stop & Shop in Bridgeport, CT, which will be their third location in Bridgeport (see here ) Renovations are being wrapped up at the Junius Street Food Bazaar in Brownsville, Brooklyn The store at 34-20 Junction Blvd in Jackson Heights has closed as it is demolished and rebuilt, following a renovation and expansion (and the addition of a parking lot!) at the 35-60 Junction Blvd location two blocks south The 57th Avenue store -- their original, opened in 1988 -- is also preparing to be demolished and rebuilt And that's only what's happening at the stores I haven't been