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Report: Fairway Plans to Close All of its Stores (Updated With Company’s Denial)

January 22, 2020 | 7:30 AM
in FOOD, NEWS
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Fairway plans to close its stores, including the flagship on Broadway and 74th Street, the New York Post reported. Fairway is getting ready to file for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy protection, which entails stopping all operations, the newspaper reported.

Other chains have been looking at the store, and Shoprite is particularly interested, the report said.

Fairway’s corporate headquarters did not immediately respond to a request for comment. An employee at the 74th Street store said, “we’re not allowed to speak about it, sorry,” and hung up after we asked to talk to a manager.

Update, 9:40 a.m.: Fairway’s owners told NBC that the report is false.

“Such statements are categorically untrue and disappointing. Fairway has been engaged in a strategic process and expects to soon announce a value-maximizing transaction that will provide for the ongoing operations of stores,” the statement continued. “Our lenders remain extremely supportive of our efforts. All 14 stores remain open for business, offering a complete range of high quality, specialty food products, and we look forward to seeing our customers and employees.”

Ian Joskowitz, chief operating officer of the Westside Market chain, had this to say about the closing:

“It’s sad when any NY institution closes, but it was inevitable when the venture capitalists started calling the shots instead of seasoned supermarket professionals, like Howie Glickberg, Steve Jenkins and Peter Romano. It’s unfortunate.”

This is a developing story and we’ll have more later.

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Mitchell Jacobs
Mitchell Jacobs
3 years ago

Trader Joe should move in to the Fairway store.

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courtney chandel
courtney chandel
3 years ago
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Trader Joe’s dosen’t have a 10th of what Fairway does. No comparison.

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Gerry
Gerry
3 years ago
Reply to  courtney chandel

I couldn’t agree more!

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Debra
Debra
3 years ago
Reply to  Mitchell Jacobs

We have Trader Joe’s but it doesn’t have everything Fairway has. So many people losing their jobs too.

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Save the Fairway
Save the Fairway
3 years ago

Nooooo!!!!

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Shirley
Shirley
3 years ago

Tragic!!

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West side rage
West side rage
3 years ago

Can we finally let go of the myth that private equity/hedge fund/finance know what they are doing? This is a disgrace.

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Pedestrian
Pedestrian
3 years ago
Reply to  West side rage

Sadly they know exactly what they are doing. They make money on the front and the back end and they get to take the cash up front while they load the company up with debt and get paid to manage it. The banks make their cut upfront too. They all win and the neighborhood loses.

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Confused
Confused
3 years ago
Reply to  West side rage

Right. Because it can’t be due to high rent, high employee wages/benefits, and trying to meet customer demand for lower prices.

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Zanarkand
Zanarkand
3 years ago
Reply to  Confused

You’re right it’s not. Unless you have blinders on and don’t see Fresh Direct and Amazon Fresh trucks every block unloading, I guess you can blame high rent and living wages.

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Mark Moore
Mark Moore
3 years ago
Reply to  Confused

It’s because private equity leveraged the company to expand with large stores in suburban places that aren’t profitable for a company like Fairway.

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robert
robert
3 years ago

The site is worth much more than the stores value to the creditors. Block (they will buy out Citeralas with a deal that they can come back to the new building) and build on the whole block by 2021 2022

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Adamro
Adamro
3 years ago
Reply to  robert

Gotta wonder when this idea came into someone’s head? The 51% private equity share has swapped hands a few times. Somewhere along the way the idea of driving the store into the ground to get at the real estate assets had to be a consideration.

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boopsie
boopsie
3 years ago
Reply to  robert

I fear robert may be right…what a nightmare.

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Glen
Glen
3 years ago

If West Side Market were looking to go back to the mid West 70’s now is the golden opportunity.

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Vivsgirl
Vivsgirl
3 years ago
Reply to  Glen

I do not understand the fascination with West Side Market. Over priced, sales on expired items, mediocre prepared food. Convenient, yes. Quality, no.

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MH
MH
3 years ago
Reply to  Vivsgirl

I agree. The most valuable thing about West Side Market is that it provided a shopping option other than Fairway for groceries and items such as Diet Coke which Trader Joe’s does not offer. And that matters.

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notai
notai
3 years ago

oh no. this is heart breaking.

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LKLA
LKLA
3 years ago

Can we blame it on the landlord/s?

Does anyone know if they are opening a GoFundMe page?

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Helen
Helen
3 years ago
Reply to  LKLA

The landlords are not to blame in this particular case. Revisit their decisions dating back to 2007 for what happened to this storied institution.

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irish
irish
3 years ago
Reply to  LKLA

why on earth would anyone in their right mind contribute to a GoFundMe page for a grocery store, or any other business for that matter. they are not a charity. they don’t care if you can’t afford their goods. your donations would be much better off with a worthy charity.

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Sean
Sean
3 years ago

It’s the end of an era.

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UWSsss
UWSsss
3 years ago

The end of an era—the only era worth mentioning. From here on out, we’ll increasingly be a city devoid of grocery stores, reliant on Fresh Direct & the like. Within a few years, groceries will be very hard to come by—it’ll be restaurants or bust.

I recently (gulp!) moved from the UWS to Queens, & when I’m back in the city I load up on as much Fairway stuff as I can carry. I miss Manhattan desperately, but I increasingly wonder if I left the the UWS just before its death. I literally grieve these closings, & what they mean for this city.

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Marc
Marc
3 years ago
Reply to  UWSsss

Highly unlikely. Restaurants around are dying / recycling too often, and are largely…bleh. Often, after the novelty of a new opening wears out, it’s a subpar experience at a high price. Understandable, given the rising cost of operations, but not a real day-to-day option.

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Richard Robbins
Richard Robbins
3 years ago

There are many reasons Fairway is expected to file for bankruptcy and close all its stores including that private equity built too many stores and built up too much debt.

BUT…. much blame goes to NYC for allowing Fresh Direct to illegally compete. The NY Post says Fairway pays $6M in rent just for its flagship store. Compare that to just $1.78M Fresh Direct paid in 2018 for 28 THOUSAND tickets. Fresh Direct is illegally using our streets as distribution centers, often blocking lanes of traffic, and saving millions. And NYC has allowed this to happen, letting Fresh Direct trucks remain double parked all day, and giving discounts on tickets so they paid an average of just $63 / ticket, a small cost of doing business.

Thanks in part to continuing to allow this abuse, New York City is losing an essential neighborhood business that has been serving NYC and especially the UWS since 1933.

Politicians who care about local businesses and empty storefronts need to stand up to this blatant abuse by Fresh Direct.

Note: Fresh Direct is different from UPS/FedEx, in that the delivery companies make deliveries and move on, whereas Fresh Direct parks their trucks for 8 hours in the same location while they make scheduled deliveries, using our streets as distribution centers.

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Vic
Vic
3 years ago
Reply to  Richard Robbins

Fresh direct is for sale also because they are not doing so good also

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judith
judith
3 years ago
Reply to  Richard Robbins

Thank you so much for this informative comment.

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Burtnor
Burtnor
3 years ago
Reply to  Richard Robbins

Thank you for this reminder of how NYC again and again leaps to support short sighted private enterprise and development that depreciates quality of life and destroys the character of neighborhoods. No more supermarkets, cluttered sidewalks, congested streets.

I fail to understand why people prefer delivery of bruised fruit and vegetables thrown in bags by rushed, underpaid “fulfillment staff” over the pleasure of choosing food from beautiful piles at markets, preferably run by the people who grow the food.

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Woody
Woody
3 years ago
Reply to  Burtnor

Then you’ll never understand how people prioritize the limited time they have and don’t put as high value on the type of shopping experience you obviously attach great importance to. There is nothing inherently satisfying about choosing fruits and vegetables, waiting in line, and then shlepping them home. One can make much more productive use of their time.

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Jay
Jay
3 years ago
Reply to  Richard Robbins

The 1980s called… they want their mentality back.

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Katrina
Katrina
3 years ago
Reply to  Richard Robbins

And don’t forget Amazon using our sidewalks more and more. Even more than Fresh Direct. So sad what’s going on in our communities.

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Woody
Woody
3 years ago
Reply to  Katrina

At no time of the day can one walk by Fairway and not find the sidewalk and curb lane filled with Fairway’s products, vehicles, garbage, etc. And you’re complaining about Fresh Direct using our sidewalks?

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Woody
Woody
3 years ago
Reply to  Katrina

Amazon doesn’t use our sidewalks. Delivery companies make that decision.

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Pedestrian
Pedestrian
3 years ago
Reply to  Richard Robbins

Fresh Direct is a menace. Running their motors and their refrigerators for the entire time they park. Once all the shops all gone the monopoly will do its worst and prices will soar!

Fresh Direct doesn’t compete on a level playing field as Mr. Robbins points out. I wonder where their donations go?

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West Side Lifer
West Side Lifer
3 years ago

Let’s just hope they don’t sell the site to a developer for a 50-story condo.

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Lisa
Lisa
3 years ago

This is heartbreaking news. I can’t imagine the UWS without this store. And they’ve done so much recently – adding mobile checkout, the remodel of the upstairs and addition of cooking classes, etc. So much possibility. 😭😭😭😭 Hoping for a miracle.

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Sherman
Sherman
3 years ago

The name Fairway still has a big following and a lot of value. My guess is that a supermarket chain will acquire Fairway and keep the supermarket as is.

And no, Fairway’s demise can’t be blamed on private equity firms or landlords. It’s the result of fierce competition, poor management and over expansion.

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Burtnor
Burtnor
3 years ago
Reply to  Sherman

1. Fairway isn’t a supermarket. That’s the whole basis of its charm.
2. Yes, poor management and over expansion instituted by private equity.

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Adamro
Adamro
3 years ago
Reply to  Sherman

All of those decisions were made by the private equity firm that bought a 51% share of the company a few years back.

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Paul
Paul
3 years ago
Reply to  Adamro

Correct. The equity people financed the buyout and expansion with junk bonds.
They got an opinion letter strongly advising against it (I saw it) but they went ahead anyway. And the result was inevitable.

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Tony B
Tony B
3 years ago

Private equity investors yet again load up a target company with excessive debt as part of an over-agressive expansion strategy that wasn’t feasible. The result is a destruction of brand value, jobs and neighborhood convenience. Much to answer for. Such a pity.

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UWsider
UWsider
3 years ago
Reply to  Tony B

I am no huge fan of private equity in general. But for the most part, if there is a good business which has just been drowned in debt then there is more value in a restructuring than a liquidation. The equity investors get wiped out and the creditors become the new owners. Liquidations are usually the fault of a bad business model not too much debt.

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Elizabeth Kellner
Elizabeth Kellner
3 years ago

Uptown Fairway was a game changer for those of us north of 96th for many many years – before Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Garden of Eden, Fresh Direct and all the other on line order options. What an incredible treat for a Manhattanite to be able to take a ten minute car trip, park and stock up on all manner of delicious food. It was a family excursion. My 30 year old son can’t remember a time before uptown Fairway. Will miss it terribly.

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UWSmom
UWSmom
3 years ago
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I go to the 125th store whenever there is spare time on a rental car. The cold room is bliss!

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David Rapkin
David Rapkin
3 years ago

With the closing of Gristedes on West 86th Street and now the impending loss of ALL Fairways, we on the UWS may be looking at a grocery desert similar to those in highly disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Or is this grocer’s departure part of the larger phenomenon of stores closing all along Broadway in our neighborhood?

We in this part of town have not gotten a cogent explanation why up to half of the stores along Broadway roughly from 59th to 116th Street have closed.

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Katrina
Katrina
3 years ago
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Amazon

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Heather H
Heather H
3 years ago

They were finally starting to get their act together. The store was cleaner then it had been in years. They opened up some areas so there was more room. This is very distressing.

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Doug Garr
Doug Garr
3 years ago

A case history of how to ruin a good grocery store. They were doomed as soon as they sold out. Part of me is sad, the other part of me is they deserve it.

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Notai
Notai
3 years ago

This really hurts. There’s part of me trying to be pragmatic here. Recognizing that we still have other good supermarket options in the neighborhood and that in time this will be another neighborhood memory of the better days.

But Fairway was special. It was a big draw for me when I originally moved to the neighborhood and it has been a fundamental part of the life my family and I built here.

It’s particularly distressing to know that this demise is due to hedge fund tactics that gambled with, and then lost, a NY institution.

I’m hopeful that ShopRite or some other qualified operated come in as a savior, but worry this is just another change to the neighborhood that I fell in love with.

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John
John
3 years ago

Wall Street did this, and the greed of the owners. They had a perfectly good business, tight margins but great brand and locations. Hedge funders took them public with the promise of big expansion that never happened. The stock was pump and dump. Bankers walked away with the cream.

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sg
sg
3 years ago
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John, I get that PE ownership may have contributed to the store’s current state, but doubt it’s the only reason. Everyone loves to hate Wall St, but without the revenues it pumps into the city, things would be much worse.

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Lyriclark
Lyriclark
3 years ago

West Side Market please please take the space.
It’s current owners fault. Bad food, unknown inappropriate hot bar (never did demographic homework)RUDE employees no customer service and on and on. Had they bothered to check out the UWS they would have realized their mistakes. And then we have the high prices. So adios Fairway. We need a full service supermarket without the bad attitude. Westside market or how about Morton Williams or anyone else ….btw, anyone remember how great their rice pudding used to be before this takeover?

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UWSmom
UWSmom
3 years ago

I am literally crying. Since moving to UWS 20+ years ago, I measured every prospective apartment by its distance from Fairway.

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CB
CB
3 years ago
Reply to  UWSmom

I’ve been in the neighborhood nearly 40 years, since college, and yes, I’m horrified. First place I ever shopped for groceries, and we still go there all the time.

Crossing fingers for a savior.

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Pcnyc
Pcnyc
3 years ago
Reply to  UWSmom

I also moved to UWS 20 years ago and relished in my proximity to Fairway, back when Mitchell London made its unapologetic robust Caesar’s dressing for a huge salad that cost $3.50.
While the produce routinely flaunted its excellent quality; also offered at a fair price.
The exceptional Fairway operation, run by seasoned grocers, was lamentably derailed years ago.

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sad_10024
sad_10024
3 years ago
Reply to  UWSmom

I did the same thing when we bought, except I was measuring around West Side market. I’m still upset about West Side Market. Without Fairway I’m now out of options. Zabar’s and Citarella are great – but not for full everyday needs. This is a nightmare.

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Roberta Chesler
Roberta Chesler
3 years ago

I’m really sorry to see that this full size grocery store is closing but not at all sorry to see the surly, grouchy, nasty check out clerks go – this was a pervasive part of shopping at Fairway and was chain wide so I have to think it was the lack of customer service training that resulted in a group of employees with a complete lack of regard for their employer’s customers – so bye bye checkers!

Now, where are we supposed to shop? – the bodegas, Trader Joes??? Can someone provide answers?

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CB
CB
3 years ago
Reply to  Roberta Chesler

I’ve always been deliberately pleasant to the Fairway checkers and, in nearly 40 years, have never had a truly bad experience. A few stressed-out women who appreciate being appreciated – that’s it. You just have to see them as people.

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geoff
geoff
3 years ago
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true too, for me. a little banter goes a long way.

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UWSHebrew
UWSHebrew
3 years ago
Reply to  Roberta Chesler

You can forget about “Six Corners Marketplace”. I passed by yesterday and went inside. An absolute zero.

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Nina
Nina
3 years ago
Reply to  UWSHebrew

What is Six Corners Marketplace?

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West Sider
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West Sider
3 years ago
Reply to  Nina

A new market coming to 106th: https://www.westsiderag.com/2020/01/05/a-new-market-coming-to-broadway-changes-its-too-familiar-name

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Mr.Alarm
Mr.Alarm
3 years ago
Reply to  UWSHebrew

Why? What did you see to make you think that?

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UWSHebrew
UWSHebrew
3 years ago
Reply to  Mr.Alarm

I suggest you visit for yourself.

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Miranda Smith
Miranda Smith
3 years ago

Great news. Messy and dirty . Rotten fish and awful prepared foods .Maybe we can get a Whole Foods mini store or a real supermarket.

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W70s
W70s
3 years ago

I’ve been going to Fairway several times a week since moving here in 1974. It’s like a little part of me. Not happy.

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Lily
Lily
3 years ago

This is a damn shame

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SSJC
SSJC
3 years ago

The location is perfect for this type of grocery store. I hope Westside Market or ShopRite operates a similar store in the location.

If they do, I will certainly continue to do all my grocery shopping there! I spend a few hundred each month on groceries for my family.

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Weird That Way
Weird That Way
3 years ago

Fairway was a madhouse but it was my madhouse! Remember when Ed Koch and his pal pols used to shop there and go to the restaurant? Like UWSsss, I also had to move to another borough, in my case because I could no longer afford the maintenance fees on my UPW co-op. But I came back to the nabe all the time to enjoy it and to shop at Fairway. I especially loved the second floor. Farewell, my lovely.

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Mark
Mark
3 years ago

This is really sad. I shopped there and Westside Market for many years. It is one of the great things about the neighborhood. I also feel bad for the employees losing their jobs. Do we know how many they employ at that location?

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rwc
rwc
3 years ago

From the Fairway twitter account:
They are not closing the stores!

https://twitter.com/FairwayMarket/status/1219991753752707072

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Cato
Cato
3 years ago
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Yes, indeed, the bankers who own Fairway deny, deny, deny that they are closing the stores.

And everybody knows that bankers always tell customers the full, complete truth, right??

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Glen
Glen
3 years ago
Reply to  rwc

I wish that were true, but I don’t believe it. That seems to be something they would put out in the hopes its suppliers would continue to ship product. If I were a dairy or wholesaler I would not be shipping to Fairway now unless it was an all cash transaction (which they will probably not be able to do). Further, if Fairway owns the building and it goes into Chapter 7, the US Trustee WILL sell the property and we can look forward to another antiseptic apartment building with a row of empty storefronts at ground level.

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Lynn
Lynn
3 years ago

What a terrible, and thoughtless thing to do a neighborhood and it’s people. There are no grocery stores. At least at Fairway you could go in and shop and pick up regular items. Trader Joes, etc are limited in their variety. I feel so bad for the elderly in the area that depended on Fairway. I hope the local Politicians don’t allow a highrise on that spot and certainly I hope at least 74th street store can be saved. If not at least another grocery store to provide for the people in the area. So sad.

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Sheila Wolk
Sheila Wolk
3 years ago

my fave store in Manhattan and when all other supermarkets are empty, you can go into Broadways store anytime day or night and its packed with shoppers….so glad there was an update reported saying closing was FALSE!

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Barbara adler
Barbara adler
3 years ago

Don’t forget David Sneddon, one of the original owners. Very sad indeed.

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Geraldine
Geraldine
3 years ago
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The family-run institution that operated on the UWS for all those years is no more. What we have now is a supermarket that is a shell of its former self, run not by grocery experts but by venture capitalists. Thanks Private Equity! Oh and thanks for ruining The Food Emporium, A&P, Toys R Us, Lord & Taylor, Fortunoff, FAO Schwartz, Linens N Things and so many others.

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Linda
Linda
3 years ago
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Isn’t Lord and Taylor still alive and well?

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Westsidegal
Westsidegal
3 years ago
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Lord & Taylor NYC flagship store closed over a year ago

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Sherman
Sherman
3 years ago
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All these stores you listed went out of business because of online shopping, not private equity firms.

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Geraldine
Geraldine
3 years ago
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That is a lie. You obviously work for a venture capital or private equity firm.

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Woody
Woody
3 years ago
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You must be new here

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Pedestrian
Pedestrian
3 years ago

When “fund managers” buy going concerns the cash is stripped, the debt builds up but the banks and the “fund managers” make a killing while neighborhoods are devastated. I’m sick of it! Where are the regulators?

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Marc
Marc
3 years ago
Reply to  Pedestrian

The regulators of what? Whether a business owner decides to sell to a buyer that offers them what they perceive as a good deal?

Welcome to the real world.

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Jay
Jay
3 years ago
Reply to  Marc

The real world doesn’t exist on the West Side rag

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Mark Moore
Mark Moore
3 years ago

“Fairway has been engaged in a strategic process and expects to soon announce a value-maximizing transaction that will provide for the ongoing operations of stores,…”

LOLOL. Any moment now the private equity vultures are going to figure out how to not run the formerly successful business into the ground. It’s all in the next deal.

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Gina
Gina
3 years ago

I agree with Sherman comments 100%

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KeepFairwaysAlive
KeepFairwaysAlive
3 years ago

What are the names of the rich money guys who did this to Fairways? Wouldn’t it be great to march and protest outside of their work addresses so they can share the repercussions of their actions? I doubt that they care if this neighborhood institution closes as their well-aerobicised wives probably haven’t stepped foot in a dirty ol’ supermarket in years.

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Woody
Woody
3 years ago
Reply to  KeepFairwaysAlive

What a pathetic and childish response.

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Adam
Adam
3 years ago

Fairway should open/move a new store at 67th and Broadway, where Food Emporium and then Loews used to be. Trader Joe’s has a major congestion problem, long lines winding around the store. I use all the area stores because there is stuff you can’t find in one or the other. For those who like to cook from scratch, there is no Fairway facsimile.

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Woody
Woody
3 years ago
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That neighborhood would never put up with the way Fairway operates. People like to bash Fresh Direct for distributing from the street but the working areas around their trucks are far more contained that the sprawl in front of Fairway. What other businesses in the city would get away with using the streets as a warehouse all day? They would be ticketed many times daily.

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Rima Grad
Rima Grad
3 years ago

This has been debunked by Fairway

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Robynn
Robynn
3 years ago

I couldn’t agree with Ian Joskowitz more. We have seen all too often. VC’s come in, open too many locations and then close.

It is another hit to the Upper West Side economy and I am sad not only for residents, but for the many employees of Fairway. I truly hope a positive solution will be reached.

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westender
westender
3 years ago

The flagship Fairway was a nightmare to shop in, and the times I had been there the patrons and the staff were rude. However, the 125th street location nearer me is a fabulous store with reasonable prices on certain items. I truly hope that location remains.

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susan b
susan b
3 years ago

yesterday i went into the store to exchange a jar of fairway brand spices for a different one (my error…). the price on the one i wanted was 10 cents more…the original purchase was part of a larger order paid with a credit card. the customer service person required me to use my card to make the 10 cent adjustment…instead of just letting me pay the dime…or perhaps offering an even exchange…instead of taking 30 seconds, the transaction took about 5 minutes. i have been shopping at fairway for about 50 years…i just walked out annoyed…a “neighborhood” business should have customer service person who can be given some discretion. there’s a truism in business that, while a customer who has never had a problem may be satisfied, a customer who has had a problem that was resolved well will be loyal for life.

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Scott
Scott
3 years ago

If the report is true, will Whole Foods & TJ’s jack up their prices? That would be the obvious move. I won’t mention Gristede’s because at $7.89 for a half gallon of milk, they’ve already maxed out their pricing opportunities.

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Jay
Jay
3 years ago
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Tjs has the same prices at all of their stores nationwide. Part of the reason it’s so popular.

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Old Stones
Old Stones
3 years ago

I would like to see the vulture capitalists who bled Fairway dry forced to subsist on 7-11 groceries for the rest of their days.

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Andrea McKnight
Andrea McKnight
3 years ago

The Red Hook community is on total back to having to go out of the community to shop… or get specially items…we recently lost our Santander Bank, Laundromat, 99c Store…now we’re at a certain age where we have to travel to receive services were put in place all these yrs!!! My husband and I are founders of the Bank, Lions Club, served on CB6 for yearssssssss and now the younger folk don’t care to really good the community…I have no more words

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
3 years ago

How can people in the neighborhood help to keep Fairway flourishing? I order from them via Instacart since that avoids the crowds, and it’s been working beautifully. Hope others will patronize them more consistently from now on, in person or online.

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Elizabeth
Elizabeth
3 years ago
Reply to  Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Fairway on 74th is always crowded and busy. It doesn’t seem like they lack customers.

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Scam
Scam
3 years ago
Reply to  Elizabeth

Follow the money…

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Leslie Rupert
Leslie Rupert
3 years ago

I don’t understand why Venture Capitalists think they are merchants. They are not.
They destroyed Gracious Home, now this.

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Schvitz
Schvitz
3 years ago

Maybe an opportunity for Westside Markets?

I predicted Fairway’s eventual downfall when it went public a few years ago. I read their registration statement [S-1] with the SEC. Their sales/sqft were declining then, and about 1/3 of total assets were “Goodwill”. The Glickbergs and their venture capitalist partners pulled around $100m out of going public. The lease on their 74th store expired last year, with rent rising to “highest and best use”, according to the S-1.

As for Steve Jenkins, he should just stick to cheese.

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marcel gacem
marcel gacem
3 years ago

Trader’s Joe is killing everyone around them,
why? Lower prices, fast service, ready packed food for busy people and good customer service.
I’m not a fan of them but they nailed it.
Fairway was an amazing store until it was bought by investors and the prices went crazy.Greed? yes.
The building will be probably torn down and high rise will pop up.
Feel sorry for the employees but not the employers.
I will not miss it at all.

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