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Look Inside: New Fairfield Food Center - New Fairfield, CT

New Fairfield Food Center Owner: Johnny Petrone Opened:  1969 Cooperative:  none Location:  1 Brush Hill Rd, New Fairfield, CT Photographed:  July 9, 2021 There aren't too many truly independent supermarkets out there, but this one in New Fairfield, CT has been rolling along since 1969. The small but mighty store of just 9500 square feet is not a member of a cooperative but is supplied by C&S Wholesale Grocers of Keene, NH, and uses Best Yet storebrand items. We enter the store to find the produce department in the first aisle. Meat is at the back in an expansion out the side (the store is a bit of an L-shape) and deli is on the back wall of the main supermarket. Dairy and frozen are in the last aisle. The store has been around for a long time, but has been very nicely renovated with new fixtures, decor, and flooring. The butcher and deli are clearly a main draw here, and the meat looked beautiful. There's also a full line of groceries, though, even though the outside does

TOUR: Caraluzzi's Market - Newtown, CT

Caraluzzi's Market Owner: Mark Caraluzzi Opened:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  5 Queen St, Newtown, CT Photographed:  July 9, 2021 Welcome to the Newtown Caraluzzi's! The 32,000 square foot store was built as a smaller store between 1955 and 1962, then expanded three times to its present size. I'm not sure if it's always been a Caraluzzi's or if there were previously other tenants here. We've seen a Caraluzzi's before, the stunning Bethel location . There are currently four stores in the chain, with one recently opened in Danbury that's also gorgeous. The Newtown location is definitely less flashy and modern, but it's still an impressive, well-run supermarket. Although I don't believe Caraluzzi's is a member of any cooperative, they're supplied by Bozzuto's in Cheshire, CT, and use the LifeGoods and Life Every Day brands. They also have a few items under their own brand. Here in Newtown, we enter to the grand aisle on the l

Coming Soon!

  Up next we're headed into Connecticut! This is the beginning of my fairly extensive New England coverage, but my coverage here in Connecticut is a little limited. So we're going to see basically the whole state to the west of Hartford, where I have 22 stores which will take us about a month to see. You can get an idea of our stops from the (fairly crude, I know) map I made for this section. The counties are marked in the light blue, the larger cities in dark blue, and other places we're stopping in white. We'll start in Greenwich, then jump over to Bridgeport before turning north for stops in Newtown (roughly 2/3 of the way between Bridgeport and New Fairfield), New Fairfield, and Sherman, then east to Northville, Washington, Bethlehem, Watertown, and Waterbury. Then, in the greater Hartford area, we'll see Southington, Plainville, New Britain, Newington, and West Hartford, and then New Hartford to the north. There's some really interesting stores here -- some

Snapshot: Village Market - Katonah, NY

Village Market Owner:  Kimber Choi Opened:  2005 Cooperative:  none Location:  93 Katonah Ave, Katonah, NY Photographed:  July 9, 2021 Like many Westchester downtowns, Katonah has a quaint, tree-lined main street with many small shops and restaurants. Two of them are grocers. Sgaglio's Marketplace a few doors down is a butcher shop, fish market, and deli, and here the Village Market is also a deli but with more grocery items and produce and flowers. Check out the interior here . That's all for Katonah, and next we're headed to a chain supermarket about two and a half miles north on  The Market Report  tomorrow!

Snapshot: Sgaglio's Marketplace - Katonah, NY

Sgaglio's Marketplace Owner: Michael Sgaglio Opened:  2001 Cooperative:  none Location:  127 Katonah Ave, Katonah, NY Photographed:  July 9, 2021 Here in downtown Katonah, there are two small grocers. Sgaglio's Marketplace looks like a beautiful little butcher shop-fish-deli store , and it's been here since 2001 although it's been around for longer . The other small grocer is just at the other end of this block, and you can check it out here . That's all for Katonah, and next we're headed to a chain supermarket about two and a half miles north on The Market Report  tomorrow!