Food Basics / A&P Food Market / Waldbaums / Two Guys (Food Bazaar Coming Soon), North Bergen, NJ
This 55,500 sq. ft. former Food Basics store in North Bergen, NJ is one of 5 stores which were acquired by Brooklyn-based Food Bazaar Supermarkets during A&P's bankruptcy in 2015.
This store opened as Waldbaums in early 90's and was built on property that once housed a giant 2-level Two Guys hypermarket which had lay vacant for 8 years. A&P opened the new Waldbaums here as part of a 4-store push of the brand into urban New Jersey which fizzled. Soon after, the store was converted into an A&P Food Market, and it became a Food Basics in 2002. The store has a unique design due to the fact that it is built into the side of a cliff. As you can see in this picture, loading docks are located in the front, to the right of the entrance. As for parking, there is a small parking lot in the front, as well as a full underground parking deck with giant elevators which bring shoppers into the supermarket.
The store closed in November, 2015, was completely gutted, and is currently being converted to the Food Bazaar brand. This store will be one of 5 Food Bazaar stores to operate in New Jersey.
Food Bazaar, or Bogopa, as it is officially called, is a Brooklyn-based self-distributed grocer currently operating 19 supermarkets in the New York Metro area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut). The company has taken over a number of stores from other operators and targets diverse neighborhoods with its deep Latin and Korean selections. Their roots are serving the many independent Korean markets in Brooklyn and Queens, and it still distributes to these markets, in addition to its own Food Bazaar markets.
The company uses the "Hy-Top" brand from Federated Group as its primary house label, and also markets certain products under its own "Bogopa" house label. With its rapid growth, it has recently been introducing more and more products under the Bogopa label.
Food Basics / A&P Food Market / Waldbaums / Two Guys (Food Bazaar Coming Soon), North Bergen, NJ
This 55,500 sq. ft. former Food Basics store in North Bergen, NJ is one of 5 stores which were acquired by Brooklyn-based Food Bazaar Supermarkets during A&P's bankruptcy in 2015.
This store opened as Waldbaums in early 90's and was built on property that once housed a giant 2-level Two Guys hypermarket which had lay vacant for 8 years. A&P opened the new Waldbaums here as part of a 4-store push of the brand into urban New Jersey which fizzled. Soon after, the store was converted into an A&P Food Market, and it became a Food Basics in 2002. The store has a unique design due to the fact that it is built into the side of a cliff. As you can see in this picture, loading docks are located in the front, to the right of the entrance. As for parking, there is a small parking lot in the front, as well as a full underground parking deck with giant elevators which bring shoppers into the supermarket.
The store closed in November, 2015, was completely gutted, and is currently being converted to the Food Bazaar brand. This store will be one of 5 Food Bazaar stores to operate in New Jersey.
Food Bazaar, or Bogopa, as it is officially called, is a Brooklyn-based self-distributed grocer currently operating 19 supermarkets in the New York Metro area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut). The company has taken over a number of stores from other operators and targets diverse neighborhoods with its deep Latin and Korean selections. Their roots are serving the many independent Korean markets in Brooklyn and Queens, and it still distributes to these markets, in addition to its own Food Bazaar markets.
The company uses the "Hy-Top" brand from Federated Group as its primary house label, and also markets certain products under its own "Bogopa" house label. With its rapid growth, it has recently been introducing more and more products under the Bogopa label.