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Fine Fare is going to take over a closed IGA in Bellport, NY: patch.com/new-york/pat...
Fine Fare Supermarket To Take Over Vacant IGA Spot In Bellport
Its proprietors touted the location for having "zero parking stress" with plenty of parking spaces and easy access from Montauk Highway.
patch.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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We lost A&P ten years ago and I'm still sad about that. I have not, however, developed a nostalgic craving for this.
December 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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@marketreportblog.bsky.social saw this early and figured I’d toss a link as a little Christmas present. Inserra taking over in Passaic.

Check out this article from NorthJersey.com:

Passaic ShopRite sold as Latino pioneer exits NJ grocery business

www.northjersey.com/story/news/p...
NJ news from Bergen, Passaic | Bergen Record
Get the latest news, information, sports, food, entertainment, real estate, video and opinion in Bergen, Passaic, Morris and Essex counties in NJ.
NorthJersey.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
An Asian grocer in Waterbury, CT will relocate to a larger space in the same mall: share.google/wrzfwe9Npzdr...
Asian supermarket planning to relocate in Waterbury
Super Q Market is looking to move into a larger space in Waterbury's Mall View Plaza that was once a movie theater.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The Key Food at 5661 Riverdale Ave in the Bronx is closing. It opened in 2016 in a former A&P, then briefly closed in 2020 as it changed hands.
December 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A 24,000 sq ft supermarket -- remaining anonymous for now -- is coming to Boston's Charlestown neighborhood. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/12/b...
‘You’ll recognize the name’: A new supermarket is coming to Charlestown, but which one? - The Boston Globe
The Hood Park development team aims to start construction next year on the single-level grocery store with two levels of mostly affordable apartments above.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Whole Foods will open a new location in a former Rite Aid in Ridgewood, Queens: share.google/Z5CjtAg0sJ3a...
Ridgewood to get first Whole Foods as chain expands eastward
The supermarket will take 28,000 square feet on a 15-year lease that includes three options to extend for five years each.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Wakefern corporate is acquiring three member stores: 330 W. Oregon Ave. in South Philadelphia, 11000 Roosevelt Blvd. in Northeast Philadelphia and 1115 West Chester Pike in West Chester www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia...
ShopRite parent to buy 3 family-owned stores in Philadelphia area - Philadelphia Business Journal
Two of the local families will exit the grocery business following the acquisitions.
www.bizjournals.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A Key Food affiliate has signed a lease for the former Adams Hometown Market in Shelton, CT at 200 Leavenworth Rd. www.facebook.com/theconnectic...
The Connecticut Scoop
🚨New Shelton Scoop!🚨 🎉A new grocery store is coming soon to Shelton! 🛒The Market by Key Food is coming soon to 200 Leavenworth Road in Shelton, the former Adams Hometown Markets space. Adams closed....
www.facebook.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The Freshtown of Newburgh, NY is closing or has closed, less than a year after opening. See the store at its opening in February here: www.marketreportblog.com/2025/03/spec...
Special Report: Freshtown Marketplace - Newburgh, NY
Freshtown Marketplace Opened:  February 21, 2025 Owner:  PSK Supermarkets Previous Tenants:  Big Lots Cooperative:  Allegiance Retail Locati...
www.marketreportblog.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Another Stop & Shop closure has been announced, this one in Clinton, CT: www.ctinsider.com/business/art...
Stop & Shop will close its store in Clinton at end of 2026
Closing the location in the Clinton Plaza location will leave Stop & Shop with 82 stores in Connecticut.
www.ctinsider.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Village Super Market, a ShopRite operator, says it's "exploring its options" amid ongoing disputes with Wakefern, the cooperative of ShopRite stores. www.supermarketnews.com/company-news...
Village Super Market looking into Morton Williams acquisition
ShopRite operator had sought to block Wakefern’s purchase of NYC-based chain
www.supermarketnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A fire at Staten Island's newest ShopRite just before Thanksgiving might have been arson: www.silive.com/crime-safety...
ShopRite worker charged with arson in Staten Island pre-Thanksgiving fire
The fire caused over $100,000 in damage and forced the evacuation of the crowded Great Kills supermarket.
www.silive.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A Key Food-affiliated independent called Jack's Marketplace is preparing to open at 110 W 32nd St in midtown Manhattan. The name seems to be a reference to the previous tenant, a discount store chain called Jack's Stores.
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Food Dynasty will open soon at 1031-1039 Castleton Ave on Staten Island, which has previously been several independent supermarkets. It'll be a couple blocks east of a recently-opened CTown.
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
An independent grocer called Liberty Fresh Market has signed a lease for 122-02 Liberty Ave in South Richmond Hill, Queens. It's a former Rite Aid.
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
One of two Stop & Shops in Toms River, NJ is set to close next spring: www.jerseyshoreonline.com/toms-river/c...
www.jerseyshoreonline.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Associated Supermarket at 616 Melrose Ave has closed, and is slated to reopen shortly as an Antillana Superfood.
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A former Rite Aid in the East Village appears to be under construction as a future grocery store: share.google/5k6N00HNRWJy...
Under-renovation former Rite Aid on 1st Avenue now with plywood
EV Grieve is the leading news, entertainment and lifestyle blog about the East Village of New York City.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
ShopRite is moving to a new location in Manahawkin, SuperFresh is under construction in Long Branch, and Whole Foods is coming to Eatontown's Monmouth Mall: www.app.com/story/money/...
These are the Jersey Shore supermarkets under construction in Monmouth and Ocean counties
A ShopRite, SuperFresh and Whole Foods are among the groceries soon coming to Monmouth and Ocean counties.
www.app.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
While working on a new store at the Westfarms Mall in CT, Big Y has also announced they're planning two new locations in southeastern MA: www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
Supermarket chain to open 2 stores in former Christmas Tree Shops, Big Lots locations in Massachusetts
Two shuttered retailers are set to become supermarkets in southeastern Massachusetts.
www.cbsnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The former Giant Farmers Market in Waldwick, NJ will soon reopen as a Food Emporium. Additional Food Emporium stores are on the way in Brookfield, CT (new build) and Maplewood, NJ (an upcoming conversion from Green Way Markets).
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM