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A walk through Staten Island supermarket history by a food editor who is grocery store ‘obsessed’
08 Jun 2025 13:26 GMT
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — I’ve been obsessed with grocery stores since childhood and now I’m going to devote time in the coming weeks to write in depth about Staten Island’s.
In the spring of 2020, while food reporting from Staten Island, my reporting, …
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This Defunct Grocery Store Chain Was The Supermarket Wannabe New Yorkers Dreamed Of
25 May 2025 18:37 GMT
For over a century, Waldbaum's was a supermarket that exemplified the authentic New York City experience. Its progressive hiring mindset and diverse leadership made it the kind of local fixture that New Yorkers loved, along with late co-owner Julia …
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17 once-loved grocery stores that are gone forever
11 May 2025 19:08 GMT
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Countless grocery store chains have come and gone over the years, many that were household names at one point in time. With competition from upstarts, razor thin profit margins, and the changing retail landscape and …
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Long Island supermarkets we miss: Pathmark, Waldbaum's and more
06 Nov 2024 20:00 GMT
The supermarkets of Long Islanders' youth seemed as if they would always be there. The names emblazoned across them — Grand Union, Waldbaum’s, Food Fair, A&P — established them as staples. And when those names left, it wasn’t corporate trademarks …
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Pitch for apartments in Lindenhurst at old Waldbaum's scaled back
17 Sep 2024 09:59 GMT
A developer seeking to convert a former Waldbaum's into an apartment complex in Lindenhurst Village has scaled back the plan following residents' objections to the proposal.
Robert Curcio, who is partnering with Levites Realty Management LLC to …
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New York's 15 Most Popular Grocery Stores In the Country
11 Feb 2024 15:37 GMT
What are some of the grocery stores that you remember from your childhood? I recall having an A&P in my hometown as well as a Grand Union and Waldbaum's in nearby towns. Each store had a cashier at the register with a bag boy to sort your groceries …
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New York Has 15 of the Most Popular Grocery Stores In America
02 Oct 2023 16:34 GMT
What are some of the grocery stores that you remember from your childhood? I recall having an A&P in my hometown as well as a Grand Union and Waldbaum's in nearby towns. Each store had a cashier at the register with a bag boy to sort your groceries …
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Amazon hiring for 1st Amazon Fresh store in NY
01 Jun 2022 11:12 GMT
Long Island, New York will be the home of the first Amazon Fresh supermarket in New York State.
The store will be in Oceanside and Amazon is holding hiring events though an opening date has not yet been announced, according to a Newsday report.
The …
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From the archive: Julia Waldbaum, LI's first lady of the supermarket industry, dies
22 Oct 2021 15:55 GMT
Note: This story was originally published in Newsday on Oct. 2, 1996.
Julia Waldbaum, whose picture and recipes in advertisements made her the most public face of her family's chain of grocery stores, died in her sleep Monday night in her Floral Park, …
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Off-duty NYPD officer tackles gunman in deadly shooting at store in Queens
27 Oct 2020 23:52 GMT
OZONE PARK, Queens (WABC) -- Police say an off-duty officer jumped into action Monday night when a gunman started shooting at two employees inside a business in Queens, killing one of them.
The deadly incident unfolded at the Craft Beer Lotto Cigar store …