I was reading a TPZ meeting on the Newington CT website and a store called the Best Yet Market was possibly interested in the Food Mart store in Newington. They apparently have to re-schedule a meeting with town officials. I'm not getting my hopes up but it sounded like a possibility. The existing Best Yet markets are located on Long Island. I'm surprised they are looking at Newington for a store, or in other words, Newington as their first CT store.
I'm waiting to see what happens.
All I know about the Best Yet name is their line of products that are sold in smaller grocery chains. I visited the website and they have good prices. It may as well be a good fit for the Greater Hartford area. Newington doesn't have a local independent supermarket like IGA, Geissler's etc. This would be a perfect alternative to Stop and Shop.
Best Yet is decent, but not spectacular. Their produce and deli prices are pretty good though.
Here are pics of the existing locations:
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/w_islip.jpg)
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/coram.jpg)
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/riverhead.jpg)
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/farmingdale.jpg)
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/e_northport.jpg)
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/astoria.jpg)
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/hicksville.jpg)
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/oakdale.jpg)
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/shirley.jpg)
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/franklin.jpg)
They don't really compete with the 4 major chains on Long Island that well (Stop & Shop, Pathmark, Waldbaum's and King Kullen; Shoprite has several locations on LI, but not enough to make a major presence), but they're a decent choice among the smaller supermarket chains on LI like IGA, C-Town, Bravo, Compare Foods and Giunta's Meat Farms.
That would be great to get something in that plaza, and i think a small store would do well there with all the senior housing nearby.
QuoteOriginally posted by momof3
That would be great to get something in that plaza, and i think a small store would do well there with all the senior housing nearby.
Yes, I heard that these Best Yet stores are spacious, but are the average size of a "back-in-the-day" Waldbaum's, which this store was back in the 70s and 80s. At this point, I'll take anything as long as the store is properly run and has quality products. Moreover, I want to see Northwood Plaza cleaned up.
I'd love to work there. They use NO store card, so you just get the sale items without having to give your card. Their prices seem competitive.
Those store cards can be a pain sometimes especially when you misplace them.
Lets keep our fingers crossed that we can get this store to call Newington their new home. It would do wonders for the plaza, then maybe they could get someone to fill the old AC Petersons spot.
QuoteOriginally posted by AmesNewington
I was reading a TPZ meeting on the Newington CT website and a store called the Best Yet Market was possibly interested in the Food Mart store in Newington. They apparently have to re-schedule a meeting with town officials. I'm not getting my hopes up but it sounded like a possibility. The existing Best Yet markets are located on Long Island. I'm surprised they are looking at Newington for a store, or in other words, Newington as their first CT store.
I'm waiting to see what happens.
All I know about the Best Yet name is their line of products that are sold in smaller grocery chains. I visited the website and they have good prices. It may as well be a good fit for the Greater Hartford area. Newington doesn't have a local independent supermarket like IGA, Geissler's etc. This would be a perfect alternative to Stop and Shop.
In the Philadelphia area, the Best Yet brand name replaced the Montco and Shop N' Bag brand names in all of the Thriftway/Shop N' Bag stores before Fleming Company went belly-up.:huh:
QuoteOriginally posted by MikeRa
QuoteOriginally posted by AmesNewington
I was reading a TPZ meeting on the Newington CT website and a store called the Best Yet Market was possibly interested in the Food Mart store in Newington. They apparently have to re-schedule a meeting with town officials. I'm not getting my hopes up but it sounded like a possibility. The existing Best Yet markets are located on Long Island. I'm surprised they are looking at Newington for a store, or in other words, Newington as their first CT store.
I'm waiting to see what happens.
All I know about the Best Yet name is their line of products that are sold in smaller grocery chains. I visited the website and they have good prices. It may as well be a good fit for the Greater Hartford area. Newington doesn't have a local independent supermarket like IGA, Geissler's etc. This would be a perfect alternative to Stop and Shop.
In the Philadelphia area, the Best Yet brand name replaced the Montco and Shop N' Bag brand names in all of the Thriftway/Shop N' Bag stores before Fleming Company went belly-up.:huh:
Yes, the Best Yet name is used in the remaining Grand Union Family Markets and also I believe Highland Park Markets in CT.
By the way: the first Best Yet opened on LI was underneath a different name (Produce Warehouse) in Lake Ronkonkoma on Hawkins Avenue.
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/ronkonkoma.jpg)
Unfortunately, I think they closed this store recently as it does not appear on the store's site or ads.
QuoteOriginally posted by DerangedHermit
By the way: the first Best Yet opened on LI was underneath a different name (Produce Warehouse) in Lake Ronkonkoma on Hawkins Avenue.
(http://www.bestyetmarket.com/images/ronkonkoma.jpg)
Unfortunately, I think they closed this store recently as it does not appear on the store's site or ads.
yeah, it's not a best yet anymore. i have a pic of it somewhere with the new name. possibly on my flickr page. if i find it, i will post it here.
Does Best Yet Market have any stores at all in North Carolina or South Carolina?
Believe it or not, my local Super Kmart Center carries Best Yet as their Store Brand as well as the Kmart Corporation Smart Sense Products that you find in the grocery and health/beauty departments in all of their Big Kmart Stores.
Best Yet is one of the two C&S Wholesale Grocers house brands (the other is Piggly Wiggly.)
http://www.cswg.com/services/private-label-brands
Quote from: retailisking on May 19, 2013, 12:32:32 AM
Best Yet is one of the two C&S Wholesale Grocers house brands (the other is Piggly Wiggly.)
http://www.cswg.com/services/private-label-brands
I clicked on the link. There was no information on whether or not they have any locations in North Carolina or South Carolina. Does anybody know if there are any Best Yet stores in North Carolina or South Carolina?
Quote from: Kmart Is Forever! on May 19, 2013, 07:53:07 AM
I clicked on the link. There was no information on whether or not they have any locations in North Carolina or South Carolina. Does anybody know if there are any Best Yet stores in North Carolina or South Carolina?
Best Yet Market is a family-owned chain that operates in the NYC metro area and vicinity. Here is their site:
http://www.bestyetmarket.com/
I assume they use the Best Yet name under license from C&S, and I assume that C&S operates as their distributor, but that's the extent of their relationship as far as I know. Confusing, isn't it?
Best Yet Market will be opening in Newington, CT later this year. It will be taking over the long vacant A&P Foodmart in the center of town on Lowrey Place. They bought the entire plaza at an auction back in March. They are going to also be responsible for fixing up the other storefronts and renting them out, and also rehabilitating the parking lot and landscape of the plaza. There is also still a pad site that was approved for People's Bank. They moved out of the plaza last year. Wondering if they will come back. On a side note, I think Best Yet Market is slowly changing its name to Best Market. They are advertising the Newington store as Best Market. It's a new green and orange logo.
Quote from: retailisking on May 19, 2013, 11:14:21 PM
Quote from: Kmart Is Forever! on May 19, 2013, 07:53:07 AM
I clicked on the link. There was no information on whether or not they have any locations in North Carolina or South Carolina. Does anybody know if there are any Best Yet stores in North Carolina or South Carolina?
Best Yet Market is a family-owned chain that operates in the NYC metro area and vicinity. Here is their site:
http://www.bestyetmarket.com/
I assume they use the Best Yet name under license from C&S, and I assume that C&S operates as their distributor, but that's the extent of their relationship as far as I know. Confusing, isn't it?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's why most of their new stores haven't opened as Best Yet but rather as Best Market. The Best Market stores aren't too bad, they're quite a bit better than their older stores.
The soon-to-be Best Market in Newington (the old A&P Food Mart) is already a hit because some erratic driver "hit" the building, and left a gaping hole.
http://www.wfsb.com/story/22674581/car-crashes-into-vacant-supermarket
Quote from: AmesNewington on June 24, 2013, 06:41:02 PM
The soon-to-be Best Market in Newington (the old A&P Food Mart) is already a hit because some erratic driver "hit" the building, and left a gaping hole.
http://www.wfsb.com/story/22674581/car-crashes-into-vacant-supermarket
Is the store still going to be able to open on their planned, "Grand Opening Day?"
Quote from: Kmart Is Forever! on June 24, 2013, 07:55:58 PM
Quote from: AmesNewington on June 24, 2013, 06:41:02 PM
The soon-to-be Best Market in Newington (the old A&P Food Mart) is already a hit because some erratic driver "hit" the building, and left a gaping hole.
http://www.wfsb.com/story/22674581/car-crashes-into-vacant-supermarket
Is the store still going to be able to open on their planned, "Grand Opening Day?"
They haven't planned an opening day yet.
Quote from: AmesNewington on June 24, 2013, 08:10:06 PM
Quote from: Kmart Is Forever! on June 24, 2013, 07:55:58 PM
Quote from: AmesNewington on June 24, 2013, 06:41:02 PM
The soon-to-be Best Market in Newington (the old A&P Food Mart) is already a hit because some erratic driver "hit" the building, and left a gaping hole.
http://www.wfsb.com/story/22674581/car-crashes-into-vacant-supermarket
Is the store still going to be able to open on their planned, "Grand Opening Day?"
They haven't planned an opening day yet.
That's a positive. I'm sure that there would have been an awful lot of disappointed customers if there was one already planned or had it gotten postponed at the same time. At least they can still have the opportunity to have a, "Grand Opening Day" properly without disappointing the community.
Not quite sure where to post this, due to the fact that this is a local chain in my area of the state that I live in, but they recently experienced the exact same thing. Believe it or not, there is a family owned grocery store that operates in three counties of the state that I live in. They are called, "Acme Fresh Market" formerly called, "Click's" back in the 1980's and early 1990's. They are separate from the Acme Chain in the northeast part of the country. They recently had a senior citizen drive right through the front window of their store where the entrance lobby is. If anyone would like to see a link to their website, please post a response and I will post it.
Quote from: Kmart Is Forever! on June 25, 2013, 07:59:53 PM
Not quite sure where to post this, due to the fact that this is a local chain in my area of the state that I live in, but they recently experienced the exact same thing. Believe it or not, there is a family owned grocery store that operates in three counties of the state that I live in. They are called, "Acme Fresh Market" formerly called, "Click's" back in the 1980's and early 1990's. They are separate from the Acme Chain in the northeast part of the country. They recently had a senior citizen drive right through the front window of their store where the entrance lobby is. If anyone would like to see a link to their website, please post a response and I will post it.
I stopped at the one in Hudson last year while in that area, but not the one the car crashed into in N. Canton. When we were going to the area, I was looking for stores and it seems that that area has an unusually high number of independent and small chains and few (only one, really - GE?) larger chain.
You could always make a post about this (or any of the other) stores in that area - probably the only reason they don't exist yet is that they are smaller and unless there are many members from or familiar with the area no one would have had a reason to post about them.
Quote from: BillyGr on June 26, 2013, 02:17:31 PM
Quote from: Kmart Is Forever! on June 25, 2013, 07:59:53 PM
Not quite sure where to post this, due to the fact that this is a local chain in my area of the state that I live in, but they recently experienced the exact same thing. Believe it or not, there is a family owned grocery store that operates in three counties of the state that I live in. They are called, "Acme Fresh Market" formerly called, "Click's" back in the 1980's and early 1990's. They are separate from the Acme Chain in the northeast part of the country. They recently had a senior citizen drive right through the front window of their store where the entrance lobby is. If anyone would like to see a link to their website, please post a response and I will post it.
I stopped at the one in Hudson last year while in that area, but not the one the car crashed into in N. Canton. When we were going to the area, I was looking for stores and it seems that that area has an unusually high number of independent and small chains and few (only one, really - GE?) larger chain.
You could always make a post about this (or any of the other) stores in that area - probably the only reason they don't exist yet is that they are smaller and unless there are many members from or familiar with the area no one would have had a reason to post about them.
I just posted a request for one.
I remember almost all the family owned markets in the western part of md had best yet until they switched over to the shurfine name a few years ago.
The new Best Market in Newington is still under construction and is scheduled to open in the next month (hopefully).
Visit the Facebook page I created back in 2009 to track the progress:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/187050178519/
Quote from: Ames Newington on August 25, 2013, 09:56:01 AM
The new Best Market in Newington is still under construction and is scheduled to open in the next month (hopefully).
Visit the Facebook page I created back in 2009 to track the progress:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/187050178519/
Best Market's newer stores on LI (East Patchogue, West Babylon, and Huntington Station) have managed to revive the shopping centers that were dying because of Waldbaums closing those stores. Don't set unrealistic expectations, just realize that this is more of a store that serves as a good companion piece to shopping at the bigger stores like S&S or Shoprite. It will most certainly be better than what Waldbaums was, especially in those outdated locations.
Best Market plans to open their Newington, CT store on October 25th. Although no specifics were given they hope to open more stores in Connecticut. They also have high expectations for the new store in Newington.
Quote from: Marc B on September 26, 2013, 08:58:28 PM
Best Market plans to open their Newington, CT store on October 25th. Although no specifics were given they hope to open more stores in Connecticut. They also have high expectations for the new store in Newington.
Best Markets: There is an empty Store in East Hartford that was a Big Y.
Quote from: JimSawhill on September 30, 2013, 10:32:09 AM
Best Markets: There is an empty Store in East Hartford that was a Big Y.
If it's an old Big Y, it's too big. Best Market stores are smaller in size than your typical grocery store. The one in Newington will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 33,000 Square Feet.
Quote from: Marc B on September 30, 2013, 07:17:32 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on September 30, 2013, 10:32:09 AM
Best Markets: There is an empty Store in East Hartford that was a Big Y.
If it's an old Big Y, it's too big. Best Market stores are smaller in size than your typical grocery store. The one in Newington will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 33,000 Square Feet.
When Best Market took over the ex-Waldbaum's in East Patchogue, NY, they didn't take the entire store. About 10,000-15,000 SF was subdivided.
Quote from: Marc B on September 30, 2013, 07:17:32 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on September 30, 2013, 10:32:09 AM
Best Markets: There is an empty Store in East Hartford that was a Big Y.
If it's an old Big Y, it's too big. Best Market stores are smaller in size than your typical grocery store. The one in Newington will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 33,000 Square Feet.
It might depend on just how old an old store it is.
Looking at this one in Adams (which Big Y took over circa 1984, per the picture's quote) and having been in it, it seems on the small side - not sure if it's 33,000 SqFt or not.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33445721@N04/7261450162/
I actually can't think of many other towns that have a building of the size Newington is (33,000 SF). I would imagine Best Market wants these stores to be in neighborhood settings. The only other place I can think of at the moment would be in Naugatuck at the old A&P on New Haven Road.
I would just like to know how Best Market decided to put their first CT store in Newington. They must have seen something we hadn't. I personally know we needed something to replace Foodmart.
If INLAND WESTERN Realty agrees to divide the building into 2 or 3 store fronts Best Market can open in the old Shaw's in New Britain
when Shaw's lease is up in 2016.
Quote from: Ames Newington on October 01, 2013, 02:16:26 PM
I actually can't think of many other towns that have a building of the size Newington is (33,000 SF). I would imagine Best Market wants these stores to be in neighborhood settings. The only other place I can think of at the moment would be in Naugatuck at the old A&P on New Haven Road.
I would just like to know how Best Market decided to put their first CT store in Newington. They must have seen something we hadn't. I personally know we needed something to replace Foodmart.
I can think of a reason why they choose Newington, Stew Leonard's!
The town is a lot like the towns In Long Island that they have stores at, typical suburban working class town that offers a lot. If Stews and or the Pike didn't exist, no way they would have picked it.
Quote from: Marc B on October 01, 2013, 04:50:38 PM
If INLAND WESTERN Realty agrees to divide the building into 2 or 3 store fronts Best Market can open in the old Shaw's in New Britain
when Shaw's lease is up in 2016.
I don't think they would ever consider New Britain or East Hartford as locations, as it's not there target demographics.
I can see towns like Southington, Plainville, Glastonbury, as towns they want to go into.
Quote from: TRU7536 on October 01, 2013, 04:58:56 PM
I can see towns like Southington, Plainville, Glastonbury, as towns they want to go into.
Southington has only 42,000 residents and there are way too many places to buy groceries.
1. Shoprite
2. BJ's WholeSale
3. Price Chopper (Struggling)
4. Walmart
5. Stop & Shop
6. TOP IGA
7. Target
As for Plainville there is no room. Plus there is only 17,800 residents. They have Big Y and Gnazzo's. (IGA). Big Y is struggling.
Quote from: Marc B on October 01, 2013, 08:09:36 PM
Quote from: TRU7536 on October 01, 2013, 04:58:56 PM
I can see towns like Southington, Plainville, Glastonbury, as towns they want to go into.
Southington has only 42,000 residents and there are way too many places to buy groceries.
1. Shoprite
2. BJ's WholeSale
3. Price Chopper (Struggling)
4. Walmart
5. Stop & Shop
6. TOP IGA
7. Target
As for Plainville there is no room. Plus there is only 17,800 residents. They have Big Y and Gnazzo's. (IGA). Big Y is struggling.
Plainville only has 17,800 people? wow..thought it was bigger. Southington on the other hand, thought was way smaller than that.
Simsbury, Connecticut would be a good spot. The former Andy's is still empty. Plus the town recently denied plans for a BIG Y.
Quote from: Marc B on September 26, 2013, 08:58:28 PM
Best Market plans to open their Newington, CT store on October 25th.
The October 25th date may change. There are still quite a few things that still need to get done before they're ready to open.
Best Market had their Soft opening yesterday Friday October 25th. Not everything was ready yet.
Also an article in The Hartford Courant stated that for future locations in Connecticut they are unsure if they'll target other middle class towns like Newington or High End towns such as those in The Farmington Valley.
http://courantblogs.com/dan-haar/new-supermarket-chain-comes-to-ct-best-market-opening-in-newington/
An employee from the Newington Best Market heard that a second location will be opening in Uncasville, CT. There is a listing for Produce team members on multiple job sites and the address for the new store is 601 Norwich-New London Turnpike. From searching the address, apparently this was an IGA Tri-Town Foods. As soon as I find out more information and maybe a press release, I'll post it here.
This isn't related to Best Buy is it? They have used a few former supermarket spaces...
Quote from: Stork of The Weak on April 26, 2014, 02:54:30 PM
This isn't related to Best Buy is it? They have used a few former supermarket spaces...
Nope. It's not. Here's their history http://bestmarket.com/about/history/
Quote from: Marc B on April 26, 2014, 06:14:39 PM
Quote from: Stork of The Weak on April 26, 2014, 02:54:30 PM
This isn't related to Best Buy is it? They have used a few former supermarket spaces...
Nope. It's not. Here's their history http://bestmarket.com/about/history/
Thanks. That store I saw first thing after clicking your link was a perfect example of a former A&P. I'm surprised Best Yet and so many other grocers that have opened at former A&P sites haven't done more to disguise these stores, such as at least removing the weathervanes. But it seems the A&P Centennial format was originally designed to please communities that otherwise didn't want supermarkets in them, purely for aesthetic reasons.
Quote from: Stork of The Weak on April 26, 2014, 10:26:24 PM
Quote from: Marc B on April 26, 2014, 06:14:39 PM
Quote from: Stork of The Weak on April 26, 2014, 02:54:30 PM
This isn't related to Best Buy is it? They have used a few former supermarket spaces...
Nope. It's not. Here's their history http://bestmarket.com/about/history/
Thanks. That store I saw first thing after clicking your link was a perfect example of a former A&P. I'm surprised Best Yet and so many other grocers that have opened at former A&P sites haven't done more to disguise these stores, such as at least removing the weathervanes. But it seems the A&P Centennial format was originally designed to please communities that otherwise didn't want supermarkets in them, purely for aesthetic reasons.
It may be because most of the stores taking over older supermarkets are smaller companies (either independent or small chains like Best Market) and they probably don't have a lot of excess funds, so why re-do something that still works? They likely spend what they do have to fix the more important stuff (broken fixtures, bad floors and such) rather than do cosmetic redesigns, while the larger companies like to keep stores looking similar and thus re-do them more.
Quote from: Ames Newington on April 26, 2014, 01:38:16 PM
An employee from the Newington Best Market heard that a second location will be opening in Uncasville, CT. There is a listing for Produce team members on multiple job sites and the address for the new store is 601 Norwich-New London Turnpike. From searching the address, apparently this was an IGA Tri-Town Foods. As soon as I find out more information and maybe a press release, I'll post it here.
This is true, Tri Town Foods also has stores in East Lyme and Portland. They originally purchased the Uncasville store after a long time running family grocer, Beit Brothers called it quits. The store in Uncasville is a tough place. Overall its a small town, and the opening of a Stop & Shop in Montville right down the road made it tough for them to survive.
Tri Town also had 2 stores in Colchester almost 15 years ago. They still own the property, but competition by Stop & Shop made it hard on them.
Keep us posted, they just subdivided the old Big Y in East Hartford CT into a gym. Not sure what is going in the rest of Big Y.
Best Market is also opening another location, in East Meadow, NY (Nassau County). For once, it's not a former Waldbaums/A&P (that I know of).
Quote from: Ames Newington on April 26, 2014, 01:38:16 PM
An employee from the Newington Best Market heard that a second location will be opening in Uncasville, CT. There is a listing for Produce team members on multiple job sites and the address for the new store is 601 Norwich-New London Turnpike. From searching the address, apparently this was an IGA Tri-Town Foods. As soon as I find out more information and maybe a press release, I'll post it here.
According to BEST MARKET's website the Uncasville Store is now open.
Quote from: Marc B on June 28, 2014, 09:32:26 AM
Quote from: Ames Newington on April 26, 2014, 01:38:16 PM
An employee from the Newington Best Market heard that a second location will be opening in Uncasville, CT. There is a listing for Produce team members on multiple job sites and the address for the new store is 601 Norwich-New London Turnpike. From searching the address, apparently this was an IGA Tri-Town Foods. As soon as I find out more information and maybe a press release, I'll post it here.
According to BEST MARKET's website the Uncasville Store is now open.
It's been open for a month already.
Will Best Market open any more stores in Connecticut? Someone I know emailed the company a couple of weeks ago and asked them to open a store in Bristol next to the new Hobby Lobby. They go to the one in Newington about once a month, but would shop at Best Market more often if there was one in Bristol where they live. It's 25 miles round trip for them to go to Best in Newington. P.S. They haven't gotten a response from Best Market.
Quote from: Marc B on October 18, 2014, 08:02:13 PM
Will Best Market open any more stores in Connecticut? Someone I know emailed the company a couple of weeks ago and asked them to open a store in Bristol next to the new Hobby Lobby. They go to the one in Newington about once a month, but would shop at Best Market more often if there was one in Bristol where they live. It's 25 miles round trip for them to go to Best in Newington. P.S. They haven't gotten a response from Best Market.
Expansion has not progressed with Best Market as a whole. Hopefully they will open a few more CT locations, but also remember that they only have a few in NJ, so maybe they are not planning on many stores in CT, at least for now. I'm not sure the location you mention would work, because Route 6 is heavily saturated with competition, most notably ShopRite across the street, which does a good business. But maybe another section of Bristol would work better; maybe even the Farmington Valley. I was thinking the next location should be in Naugatuck in the old A&P. After all, that is the last vacant A&P in the state from the 2010 closures, and the store is a good medium size for a Best Market. I was also thinking they may choose a spot in the Litchfield Hills or in the Fairfield area. But we shall see.
My friend emailed me tonite and told me he still hasn't heard back from Best Market about his suggestion to come to Bristol. Too bad.
I think most of their efforts will be focused on Long Island, as that's their main market.
Another Long Island location: this time in Lake Grove. I'm not sure what the location was before, it's 2900 Middle Country Road, about half a mile east of Smithhaven Mall (and Fairway Market, Whole Foods and Trader Joes).
It does look like a former supermarket, but way before my time.
Quote from: Marc B on June 28, 2014, 09:32:26 AM
Quote from: Ames Newington on April 26, 2014, 01:38:16 PM
An employee from the Newington Best Market heard that a second location will be opening in Uncasville, CT. There is a listing for Produce team members on multiple job sites and the address for the new store is 601 Norwich-New London Turnpike. From searching the address, apparently this was an IGA Tri-Town Foods. As soon as I find out more information and maybe a press release, I'll post it here.
According to BEST MARKET's website the Uncasville Store is now open.
Did they close already? The website doesn't have Uncasville listed any more.
Quote from: Marc B on March 10, 2015, 04:46:50 PM
Quote from: Marc B on June 28, 2014, 09:32:26 AM
Quote from: Ames Newington on April 26, 2014, 01:38:16 PM
An employee from the Newington Best Market heard that a second location will be opening in Uncasville, CT. There is a listing for Produce team members on multiple job sites and the address for the new store is 601 Norwich-New London Turnpike. From searching the address, apparently this was an IGA Tri-Town Foods. As soon as I find out more information and maybe a press release, I'll post it here.
According to BEST MARKET's website the Uncasville Store is now open.
Did they close already? The website doesn't have Uncasville listed any more.
Yes they did. Back on January 28. They closed without notice. Apparently, they wanted to purchase the plaza like what they did in Newington, and the landlord wouldn't negotiate, so they decided to pack up and leave. Coincidentally, Sal, was transferred there last summer from Newington as manager, and is now out of a job. Look up Uncasville Best Market on Google, and you should find news articles on the closing.
Quote from: AmesNewington on March 10, 2015, 05:45:55 PM
Quote from: Marc B on March 10, 2015, 04:46:50 PM
Quote from: Marc B on June 28, 2014, 09:32:26 AM
Quote from: Ames Newington on April 26, 2014, 01:38:16 PM
An employee from the Newington Best Market heard that a second location will be opening in Uncasville, CT. There is a listing for Produce team members on multiple job sites and the address for the new store is 601 Norwich-New London Turnpike. From searching the address, apparently this was an IGA Tri-Town Foods. As soon as I find out more information and maybe a press release, I'll post it here.
According to BEST MARKET's website the Uncasville Store is now open.
Did they close already? The website doesn't have Uncasville listed any more.
Yes they did. Back on January 28. They closed without notice. Apparently, they wanted to purchase the plaza like what they did in Newington, and the landlord wouldn't negotiate, so they decided to pack up and leave. Coincidentally, Sal, was transferred there last summer from Newington as manager, and is now out of a job. Look up Uncasville Best Market on Google, and you should find news articles on the closing.
Good. After how he treated me when I worked for him at Shaw's and the really brief time I worked at Best I have to say couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Quote from: AmesNewington on March 10, 2015, 05:45:55 PM
Quote from: Marc B on March 10, 2015, 04:46:50 PM
Quote from: Marc B on June 28, 2014, 09:32:26 AM
Quote from: Ames Newington on April 26, 2014, 01:38:16 PM
An employee from the Newington Best Market heard that a second location will be opening in Uncasville, CT. There is a listing for Produce team members on multiple job sites and the address for the new store is 601 Norwich-New London Turnpike. From searching the address, apparently this was an IGA Tri-Town Foods. As soon as I find out more information and maybe a press release, I'll post it here.
According to BEST MARKET's website the Uncasville Store is now open.
Did they close already? The website doesn't have Uncasville listed any more.
Yes they did. Back on January 28. They closed without notice. Apparently, they wanted to purchase the plaza like what they did in Newington, and the landlord wouldn't negotiate, so they decided to pack up and leave. Coincidentally, Sal, was transferred there last summer from Newington as manager, and is now out of a job. Look up Uncasville Best Market on Google, and you should find news articles on the closing.
It's ridiculous that they wouldn't sell to BEST. The plaza is still for sale too. http://www.cityfeet.com/cont/ForSale/LN19123941/601-Norwich-New-London-Turnpike-Uncasville-CT-06382
Quote from: Marc B on March 10, 2015, 08:14:04 PM
Quote from: AmesNewington on March 10, 2015, 05:45:55 PM
Quote from: Marc B on March 10, 2015, 04:46:50 PM
Quote from: Marc B on June 28, 2014, 09:32:26 AM
Quote from: Ames Newington on April 26, 2014, 01:38:16 PM
An employee from the Newington Best Market heard that a second location will be opening in Uncasville, CT. There is a listing for Produce team members on multiple job sites and the address for the new store is 601 Norwich-New London Turnpike. From searching the address, apparently this was an IGA Tri-Town Foods. As soon as I find out more information and maybe a press release, I'll post it here.
According to BEST MARKET's website the Uncasville Store is now open.
Did they close already? The website doesn't have Uncasville listed any more.
Yes they did. Back on January 28. They closed without notice. Apparently, they wanted to purchase the plaza like what they did in Newington, and the landlord wouldn't negotiate, so they decided to pack up and leave. Coincidentally, Sal, was transferred there last summer from Newington as manager, and is now out of a job. Look up Uncasville Best Market on Google, and you should find news articles on the closing.
Good. After how he treated me when I worked for him at Shaw's and the really brief time I worked at Best I have to say couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
He almost ruined our Best Market. That's why they must have moved him. An employee told me the store wasn't doing well with him there. No one at ShopRite where I work liked him (most at the time being from Shaw's). He wasn't personable and he was shady too. Glad he's gone from the company.
Wow, I had no idea they closed. I thought it was very strange they never re applied for a beer permit after taking over. Makes sense now.
Apparently the "Shurfine" brand name is being phased out of stores around here and transitioned to the "Best Yet" store brands so I guess there's some consolidation going on.
Best Market is opening several new stores on Long Island including in a former ShopRite in Plainview, in a former Waldbaum's/Key Foods in Center Moriches, and just opened in the former King Kullen is Sysosett.
FROM NEWSDAY.COM
Best Market to take over former ShopRite space in Plainview
By Tory N. Parrish
tory.parrish@newsday.com
Best Market continues to make moves into its competitors' former spaces.
The Bethpage-based grocery chain is set to take over a former ShopRite spot in the Morton Village Shopping Center in Plainview in the first quarter of 2019, according to Schuckman Realty Inc., a Lake Success-based commercial real estate firm that oversees leasing for the property.
Best Market will be an anchor and the largest tenant in the shopping center, for which it signed a lease, with a 20-year initial term, to occupy 27,584 square feet of space.
“We evaluate ... opportunities as we look at them and as financing allows. This was a great opportunity to be in a neighborhood that we’ve always wanted to be in,†Best Market Vice President Or Raitses said.
The new location will be a full-service grocery store that includes sushi and juice bars, an organic and plant-based section, and bakery, deli and seafood departments, he said.
The grocer is working with the landlord, Morton Village Realty Co. Inc., to secure building permits from the town of Oyster Bay to build out the leased space, he said.
Morton Village was built in the 1960s, said Jack Pierce, spokesman for Schuckman.
Other tenants at the shopping center, which is on Old Country Road, include a CVS drugstore, Chase Bank, Subway restaurant and Verizon Wireless.
A ShopRite in the shopping center closed last year, and its replacement opened in nearby Country Pointe at Plainview, a new housing and retail development.
Best Market has 29 stores in New York state, New Jersey and Connecticut, including 24 on Long Island.
In April, the chain opened a new 41,000-square-foot store in a former King Kullen space in Syosset.
Best Market also is moving forward with plans to expand into Center Moriches, where it expects to open an approximately 40,000-square-foot store this summer, Raitses said.
The chain will renovate that space, which was a former Waldbaum’s owned by Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., he said. Key Food purchased it as part of a bankruptcy sale in 2015, and it operated under the name Center Moriches Marketplace before closing in 2017.
Quote from: Brammy on June 07, 2018, 07:33:05 PM
Best Market is opening several new stores on Long Island including in a former ShopRite in Plainview, in a former Waldbaum's/Key Foods in Center Moriches, and just opened in the former King Kullen is Sysosett.
FROM NEWSDAY.COM
Best Market to take over former ShopRite space in Plainview
By Tory N. Parrish
tory.parrish@newsday.com
Best Market continues to make moves into its competitors' former spaces.
The Bethpage-based grocery chain is set to take over a former ShopRite spot in the Morton Village Shopping Center in Plainview in the first quarter of 2019, according to Schuckman Realty Inc., a Lake Success-based commercial real estate firm that oversees leasing for the property.
Best Market will be an anchor and the largest tenant in the shopping center, for which it signed a lease, with a 20-year initial term, to occupy 27,584 square feet of space.
“We evaluate ... opportunities as we look at them and as financing allows. This was a great opportunity to be in a neighborhood that we’ve always wanted to be in,†Best Market Vice President Or Raitses said.
The new location will be a full-service grocery store that includes sushi and juice bars, an organic and plant-based section, and bakery, deli and seafood departments, he said.
The grocer is working with the landlord, Morton Village Realty Co. Inc., to secure building permits from the town of Oyster Bay to build out the leased space, he said.
Morton Village was built in the 1960s, said Jack Pierce, spokesman for Schuckman.
Other tenants at the shopping center, which is on Old Country Road, include a CVS drugstore, Chase Bank, Subway restaurant and Verizon Wireless.
A ShopRite in the shopping center closed last year, and its replacement opened in nearby Country Pointe at Plainview, a new housing and retail development.
Best Market has 29 stores in New York state, New Jersey and Connecticut, including 24 on Long Island.
In April, the chain opened a new 41,000-square-foot store in a former King Kullen space in Syosset.
Best Market also is moving forward with plans to expand into Center Moriches, where it expects to open an approximately 40,000-square-foot store this summer, Raitses said.
The chain will renovate that space, which was a former Waldbaum’s owned by Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., he said. Key Food purchased it as part of a bankruptcy sale in 2015, and it operated under the name Center Moriches Marketplace before closing in 2017.
I guess they will never expand in Connecticut. They seem to do well in Long Island.
Quote from: AmesNewington on June 07, 2018, 08:03:30 PM
I guess they will never expand in Connecticut. They seem to do well in Long Island.
The death of Waldbaums and Pathmark left a hole that Best Market jumped at.