Red Hook grocery closing after 33 years in business - DailyFreeman.com

Red Hook grocery closing after 33 years in business - DailyFreeman.com

CNY Closer Grocer

Supposed to be Smiths in AI form

Participating stores:

Nichols - Liverpool (above)
Nojaim Bros. - Syracuse and Marcellus
Real Food Co-Op - Syracuse
Spera's Country Market - Cicero
Dominick's - Syracuse
Vella's - Constantia

Also in Onondaga County:

Green Hills Farms - Nedrow
Green Planet Grocery - Fairmount

SyracuseFirst are said to be in support of this.
I go to at least one local business a day except most major holidays.

Planet Fitness

In Hooties hometown!

Where they should open:

Wyoming*
Fulton
Montana*
Cortland
Niagara Falls, NY/ONT
Tonawanda
Williamsville
Depew
Buffalo
Montauk
Canandaigua
Geneva
Mt Vernon, OH*

*Other states

Crowds shop for deals at PriceRite grand opening

Crowds shop for deals at PriceRite grand opening

PriceRite makes its way toward Syracuse, N.Y. - Related Stories - FMI dailyLead®

PriceRite makes its way toward Syracuse, N.Y. - Related Stories - FMI dailyLead®

East Wok Chinese Restaurant - Syracuse - NY - 13206 - Menu - Chinese - Online Food Delivery Catering in Syracuse

East Wok Chinese Restaurant - Syracuse - NY - 13206 - Menu - Chinese - Online Food Delivery Catering in Syracuse

Rick's Food Critique: An alien idea: Planet Fitness Pizza Night

Rick's Food Critique: An alien idea: Planet Fitness Pizza Night

7-Eleven in CNY



Downstate store.

7-Eleven has just arrived in the Syracuse after the year-long wait from buying former Tops division Wilson Farms/Sugarcreek Stores, yet they're still not as common as in Rochester (I last went to one there and DC after that last year).  There are still plenty of locations for the C-store king.  Many of them can have gas which few of them do here right now.  Here's where they should go:

Chittenango (former Sunrise)
Westvale/Fairmount*
Marcellus*
Canastota (NY 13)*
Syracuse - Nob Hill (former Mobil)
Liverpool (Co Rte 57)*
Onondaga Hill (NY 175; Byrne Dairy are moving up the road)
Lakeport (former Coastal)
Mattydale (former Friendlys; build from scratch; doesn't have to have gas)

*Former Sunoco.

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Scribner’s Variety and Masquerade Store continues family tradition of bus stop in Oneida - oneidadispatch.com

Scribner’s Variety and Masquerade Store continues family tradition of bus stop in Oneida - oneidadispatch.com

Sound City Music One Stop

Sound City Music One Stop: Full line of accessories-including strings, treads, reeds, etc. plus new and used CD's, DVD's, incense.

Johnnie Ryan Diet Cola

Johnnie Ryan Diet Cola

Price Chopper protests

Price Chopper protests

Shop for The Healing Garden™ at CalgonStore.com

Shop for The Healing Garden™ at CalgonStore.com

Worry about the future of Shoppingtown Mall in DeWitt gets federal attention

Worry about the future of Shoppingtown Mall in DeWitt gets federal attention: Senator to demand Florida owner of Shoppingtown Mall break silence and reveal a plan.

The Greedy B------s Hall of Shame: Rite-Aid Does Wrong by Employees

The Greedy Bastards Hall of Shame: Rite-Aid Does Wrong by Employees

Which local supermarkets offer the best bargains?

Which local supermarkets offer the best bargains?

Hastings in NY

Someone in Flagstaff, AZ told me about Hastings, a chain mainly out west some time ago.  I've only ordered from them via eBay but it's just not the same.  I think this chain would work well here as it does there.  Here's where it could go:

Palatine Bridge - former Ames
North Syracuse - former Media Play
New Hartford - former Herb Phillipsons
Colonie - former Barnes & Noble or Borders
Cortland - Riverside Plaza (former flea market?)
Oswego - former Peebles, NY 104
Auburn - Fingerlakes Mall, NY 5/US 20
Geneva - NY 5/US 20 (TBD)
Rochester - former Record Archive
Watertown - former Borders
Arlington, VA (DC area) - former Borders
Syracuse - Destiny USA
Rome - NY 46 & 49, Freedom Plaza, former rue21

All other areas TBD.  Suggestions welcome.

Tops buying back local Grand Union supermarkets - AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Saranac Lake region — Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Tops buying back local Grand Union supermarkets - AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Saranac Lake region — Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Pizzaghetti

Pizzaghetti

The 12 Worst Supermarkets in America

The 12 Worst Supermarkets in America

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ShopRite, gas pumps get village’s approval

ShopRite, gas pumps get village’s approval

Price Chopper will expand Loudonville store

Price Chopper will expand Loudonville store

Music in the 'Cuse: RIP Pond Street Wegmans

Fair use photo since store no longer exists like this.

Music in the 'Cuse: RIP Pond Street Wegmans by Mark Bialczak (who has since left The Post-Standard).

Tops Gas coming to North Syracuse

Just hope prices don't get this high again!

As the mainstream media are slow to cover this, it's a perfect opportunity for me!  Tops Friendly Markets will open their third gas station in Onondaga County and fourth in CNY (including their first in Auburn in Cayuga County) at their North Syracuse location, previously P&C from 1994-2010 and Channel Home Store for decades before that.  It's being built near the entrance on Brewerton Road (US 11).  Later this year is the best I can give as to when the grand opening will be.  There could be one in Skaneateles if the former fire house next door is torn down, though people there might not want that and they can go down US 20 anyway.  The Camillus one is near a competitor, Hess, so that may not work either.  Down W Genesee St to Westvale, the former Name Brand Deals and Genesee Theatre (which should have stayed put in the first place) could be destroyed for a station.  Maybe one could even be built at the upcoming Valley Plaza store (another ex-P&C).  If Tops take back their Oswego store, Tops Gas could go there too.  Across the street at the Fayetteville branch.  Even in Cortlandville (which has always been a Tops) or Rome.  Watch this space!

A. Liz Adventures: My Wegman's Adventure

Tompkins County store during the festive season

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Fresh & Easy Buzz: West Coast Bound - Aldi USA Headed to Southern Cal...

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@WalmartLabs Blog: Mobilizing our store customers

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Replacements for Wegmans Pond St

One of the last old guard Wegmans in CNY

Tops (confirmed)
P&C
Big M
Nojaim
Nichols
PriceRite
IGA
Aldi
Price Chopper Limited
Lidl (see previous article)

Wegmans closed June 30, 2012.

Lidl: From Germany with Love

Store in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.

Move over Aldi!  There are a new German import said to be coming to the US.  Lidl have competed with Aldi North and South in Europe for the past four decades and may now do the same in this country.  Grocery Headquarters had an article about it a few years ago but nothing else has been heard of it since.  While Aldi have gone outside the EU, Lidl currently are exclusive to Europe.  There are several other chains similar to both that are limited-assortment supermarkets like PriceRite or Save-a-Lot in the States already, plus Food Basics and Loblaws No Frills in Canada, where Lidl are also said to be considering opening stores.
I can think of places in this state and beyond where Lidl could go, whether a small town where an indie vacated, elsewhere Upstate in Albany or or downstate in former ShopRite and Caldor locations.
Like Aldi, Lidl cater to urban neighbourhoods as well as the suburbs.  They largely stock house brands as well as a few national brands.  They don't have the lofty services the big boxes provide and limit advertising keeping prices down.  From Ireland to the former Iron Curtain, Lidl may be ready to cross the pond.  More as this develops (I had asked Lidl UK about this but have never heard back).

The UFCW Blog: Price Rite Worker Speaks Out on the Need for Emplo...

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funky flea: Five days left!

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Syracuse fye to close

Since the paper haven't caught up with this, then I'll do it myself. Also needed to put something new here. fye in Carousel Center will be closing Friday. Great Northern Mall in Clay and Sangertown Square in New Hartford will be the closest locations but it may not be convenient for everyone. I heard fye could return when Destiny USA is complete but its third-hand gossip and speculation at this time. The economy and internet has caused the Albany-based chain to shutter stores, including their own area.

Where to find Best Yet brand

Since 1893

Best Yet is one of the oldest private labels in the US celebrating over 120 years! It is either seen in indie stores or small chains affiliated with C&S Wholesale Grocers.  If you know any more, even out of state, do let me know.  It has replaced Shurfine/Western Family in many mom and pops since their sale to Topco several years ago.  Site now has complete list.  This is just a selection started before they had their own.

Grand Union (as of 2022, although they already had Best Yet from 2004-13 prior to Tops sale)
P&C (now in Cortland and Ithaca)
Best Market (formerly Best Yet Market) (until sale of all stores except one to Lidl)
Big M (see other post)
Green Hills Farms, US 11, Syracuse/Nedrow (formerly had second location)

Nojaim Bros, NY 174, Marcellus and Gifford & S West Sts., Syracuse (both now closed)
Great American, Delaware County (formerly in Jefferson [in recent memory], Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Montgomery and Onondaga Counties)
Randys BiLo (Johnstown, PA; no relation to defunct Mid-Atlantic chain in later article)
Elk County/Ridgway Foods (PA)
Kalils Grocery, NY 28, Inlet (found this on short notice)
Maxwells, NY 5, Auburn (even had some retro-style Big M signage inside, but it may just came from C&S; now closed)
Kinney Drugs (select products only)
Nichols, Liverpool

Byrne Dairy (select products only)

Webster - Hegedorns (until June 2023), NY 404

Tops Adirondacks, eastern Catskills, rural Capital Region, mid-Hudson and Champlain Valleys in lieu of most Tops brands due to proximity of C&S warehouses

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