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FOOD EMPORIUM NOW A GHOST TOWN
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Very eerie! Great photos. I didn’t shop here much, but it was good to know it was there.
This is sad. Is it really going to be a Walgreens? Does the community have ANY say in this at all?????
yes – the community has a say. We didn’t shop enough to make this a profitable enough supermarket and if we don’t shop at Walgreens,it will close eventually as well. That is our say.
BTW – Food Emporium was a union operation and many of the new food providers aren’t. If we care about how people live, shop at at a union store.
Maybe we should be blaming the unions then? I’m all for employee rights, don’t get me wrong, but with the school bus strike a few months back, etc. it almost seems like the unions have too much power. What’s the good of a union if the store goes out of business?
Well since you know so much, why not share which are union stores? And, furthermore, a lot of people did shop in that store – and it’s having an impact on the community I’M part of, even if you are not a part of it, Dinner Eater.
I also disagree that Walmart will close – it is run by a huge corporation that has no issues having multiple stores blocks apart, all of which cannot be doing amazingly well.
What I’m talking about (and I’m certain you understood what I meant) is community involvement where people are asked what they want and need in the neighborhood they live in. I am 100% sure Century 21 would not have been at the top of anyone’s list in place of Barnes & Noble, especially in this type of a community. But there it is.
I realize this is a large city, but the needs of the people should supersede the wants of the greedy landlords who jack up rents so storefronts are only available to those businesses that can afford them – like WALRGREENS.
Um….everyone I know is thrilled about century 21.
The members of Local 1500 work primarily in the supermarket industry for companies such as, King Kullen, Stop & Shop, Pathmark, ShopRite, Gristedes, D’Agostinos, Key Foods and Fairway.
Where would be the best place for a new super market? I’m a builder and live on 82nd st. I have an investor group looking to open somewhere. Or is it a bad idea, I don;t know why they are all closing
That supermarket grossed about 600k a week. It was very profitable. The reason they closed was because A&P needed the $ to pay off debt and got 130 million for this property and another on 6th ave and 12th street. Marc, i am in the supermarket industry. If you have any queztions feel free to ask. Alot are closing because they are poorly managed and the property is more valuable through real estate transactions.
There is a huge vacant supermarket at 100th & Amsterdam where a second Associated opened up 3 blocks from an older more downscale Associated and then closed. Another decent supermarket would do well there despite the proximity of Whole Foods in the same complex. The latter is not the go-to place for ordinary groceries for many in the neighborhood. Not everyone needs organic quinoa but many want a place to buy milk etc at reasonable prices and not have to wait in line for a half hr. Also, the community is very upset at the closing of Food City at 94th & Columbus. The owners deny that they are planning to build apts(height limit?) but may be open to renovating the space for a modern market.
I wonder if Whole Foods on 59th was cutting too much into their profit. I really liked their broccoli salad….. too bad. But their prices were on the high side (as the one on 90th Street is).
Sad to see the passing of another food market. [Note to “foodies”: there is NO “supermarket” in Manhattan (80,000 sq. ft or more); we have markets, groceries, bodegas, and delicatessens.] The A.&P. Co. in Montvale, N.J., is selling off or closing its crown jewels according to the food industry press. Money grubbing management? This store used to be an A. & P. Incidental comment: Once I witnessed the A. & P. manager send “the boy” on a bicycle to their store on Ninth Ave. & 55th Str. to get an out-of-stock item for a shopper. Oh, where will people get their provisions? Does “everyone” use Fresh Direct? P.s. I enjoy the comments of my fellow readers.