Gothamist: Map of the Day: Dwindling Local Supermarkets

jamesdamian

Mon, 05 May 2008 19:17:27 -0500

oh, Publix, how I miss you.

sonyactivision

Mon, 05 May 2008 18:53:37 -0500

What? The 99 cent stores don't sell fresh produce? How do those people eat?

Georgina

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:52:17 -0500

This is ridiculous. I grew up in the Bronx, in the 80s, and we were low income Latinos who made perfectly normal healthy meals all the time, with vegetables and fruits from our culture, bought at any of the mini marts: mangos, platanos, yucca, etc. No one in my family has diabetes, heart disease,e tc. Who are these idiots who can't learn to cook and feed their families without giving them processed chicharrones?

ihateallbrokers

Mon, 05 May 2008 16:33:59 -0500

when the food riots come, fresh direct wont be delivering to your fancy overpriced shoebox in long island city or dumbo. when the race riots start see how long your supply of organic fancy pants radicco lasts. see how long you cant suffer without your precious shitakis.

IvoryJive

Mon, 05 May 2008 16:16:24 -0500

Man, I was out in Corona Queens a couple of weeks ago and I wanted a snack so I went into a bodega to find a granola bar. Needless to say they didn't have one, or really anything resembling a healthy snack with nuts and grains. I had to go to 7 bodegas before I found one. And yet every one of the seven bodegas I went into had these pink-colored fried pork rinds molded into star shapes with f***ing clowns all over the packaging because it's supposed to be for children.

PathToWisdom

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:46:59 -0500

I don't shop at American supermarkets. They are too expensive. I am not telling you where my wife and I shop, because those places are already too crowded. No it is NOT Costco, and NOT Walmart. We do go to Trader Joes. But there are other good choices.

amsci

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:18:42 -0500

I think they eat... they just don't cook.

Tim N.

Mon, 05 May 2008 14:46:38 -0500

Kojak... Not to mention hungrier. This article proves what I've always suspected... that yuppies don't eat.

Kojak

Mon, 05 May 2008 14:18:25 -0500

I don't shop at the supermarkets you cretins frequent. I only shop at organic food markets where the food is grown locally and without the help of any unnatural pesticides or fertilizer. This helps protect our environment and makes me feel sophisticated, intelligent, and just plain better than the rest of you.

longacre

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:53:52 -0500

I think the landlords are emboldened by the flocks of people buying up expensive apartments in neighborhoods that have absolutely nothing to offer in terms of necessities shopping, like DUMBO and Long Island City. "If they don't need supermarkets there, why should we care if we price out a supermarket in St. Albans?"

altrent

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:50:57 -0500

Try as I might to read between the lines, I cannot seem to find anything that directly blames *me* for this, being a white male and all. Until the Reverend Wright gets a hold of it, natch.

spiritross

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:50:44 -0500

When will people learn - Capitalism Doesn't Work!

jt10000

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:49:56 -0500

If getting fresher food into all neighborhoods is a public priority - which I think it should be - there's going to have to be some sort of government incentives (perhaps through tax incentives) for stores that sell such food.

thenamesdave

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:45:34 -0500

Supermarkets in this town are and always have been horrendous. Give me a freaking Safeway, Hannaford, Shaw's, or Publix any day of the week... the kind with aisles that go past six.

sakebalboa

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:31:15 -0500

#1 but it's so delicious and cheap

Peter

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:25:31 -0500

Supermarkets have a lower profit margin per square foot than just about any other kind of business. It's inherent to the industry and isn't about to change. As a result, a supermarket has to be physically large in order to make any money.

abzme

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:22:49 -0500

This is a really big problem. Bodegas and clothes shops seem like the only stores that can make it in this city.

jaja007

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:13:53 -0500

If they stopped eating Fried Chicken and fried bananas, they wouldnt be so fat.