Another grocery store coming ( old a&p)
https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/morris/business/shopwell-grocery-store-replacing-shuttered-ap-supermarket-in-morris-county/829695/
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Bug3Never heard of Shopwell, so I googled and found this:
https://www.newjerseyhills.com/mt_olive_chronicle/news/update-shopwell-in-budd-lake-better-hold-that-thought/article_bf12a658-722d-5155-b34a-4858ba313498.html
Courtney1 Apparently there is one of these highland markets by shopwell in west milford where their old a&p was and is open if anyone wants to check it out.
Scott I found this tweet, The owner had another store and is closing it and opening one in the old A&P:
https://twitter.com/marketreport_nj/status/1514954963440525312?s=20&t=BkzVJwOnwl33jNLm6PAumQ
Whip Oh Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
It's not a Trader Joes.
Oh the horror.
dodgebaal That accompanying article, https://independent.marketreportblog.com/2022/01/update-highlands-market-by-shopwell.html, would seem that in the best of times it wouldn't be competition for Shoprite or Weiss.
OnTheEdge Project is moving full speed ahead. Village Bar & Liquors is closing 10/2022. The mall owner doesn't want a bar operating on the property and the Village Liquor license is being purchased by Shopwell.
John 
Elisa Rumor is that it won't be "Shop Well", it will be "Super Fresh" which was a brand that the old A&P used to operate under. Are the two related? Beats me. Who and whatever they are, that strip mall needs an anchor store or it's going down. Anyone remember the Potbelly Pancake House,The International Buffet, the ice cream place or the bagel shop? All gone.
John John - I remember The International Buffet ---- had many lunches there. It was awesome how included in the buffet was the made to order sushi station in the back.
I noticed a new sign above the old A&P...."ShopFresh". It's not open yet and Village Bar & Liquors is closed. There's very little info about ShopFresh on the internet. It could be an upscale supermarket or a bargain-basement outfit. Anyone remember when there was the "Shop-n-Bag" in the shopping center at the bottom of the hill, where the big medical facility is now? There was Holy Wong, C'Mere Cupcake, Pietro's, Blockbuster, a liquor store, a dry cleaner........All gone.
Billy2 There was never a “shop-n-bag” in that location. There was a A&P and later a FoodBasics .
FaQ 
kacey Odd. On the realtor site for this property, it states the new ShopFresh Market will have a hardware store inside. I can't say I have ever seen that before. Could be a typo though.
"ABOUT THE PROPERTY
Anchored by Brand New ShopFresh Market with new Do It Best Hardware store inside".
https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/7-Naughright-Rd-Mount-Olive-NJ/26815851/
Greg Greg
Apparently that's a Co-op hardware business. There's one in Califon and Denville. Here's a link to their company:
https://www.doitbestonline.com/
Phil D. Very strange. ShopFresh has no internet presence at all. No web site, no Facebook or any ads. I can only assume this is a stand alone store
Local Gal Phil- I had looked at their website earlier too. I was intrigued to see it was a Co-op. Interesting approach to join in with the supermarket. Combing certain brick and mortar stores may be a good way for them to increase their success.
Greg
My thoughts too. When I was a manager for R&S Strauss, we had two stores that operated within the Valley Fair Shopping Centers in Livingston and in Little Ferry. They were essentially a bunch of smaller businesses that leased space from the main store and we all provided different sections of products.
There was one company that had a hardware dept. in there and another with toys, etc. It seemed to be a decent business model which worked for all involved. The only odd thing was that the clothing dept. was closed on Sundays in the Little Ferry store due to Bergen County's anachronistic "Blue Laws", which always caused a lot of confusion to customers.
Any updates on when this store is opening? Pretty disgusted with the poor quality vegetables at Shoprite.
On Feb 8th they posted they'd be opening in about 2 weeks on their FB page. So hopefully only another week if they're still on target. They just posted yesterday that they're doing on the spot interviews this Saturday so it appears they're close to opening.
Jrsemom Scheduled to open tomorrow (March 3rd), according to the sign on the highway (46W). Nearly a year since it was first announced. Hope it's decent.
MT My boyfriend just got a job there. He was there helping to stock shelves and organize. They have an amazing halal Chinese buffet and seafood. it’s not going to be a perfect grand opening but it should be a decent store once the kinks are ironed out
H-town Mama Opening today at noon as per their FB page. They have a sales circular posted on their page as well.
https://www.facebook.com/ShopFreshMarketplace
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