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Green Way Markets Owner: Robin Estevez Opened:  February 2021 Cooperative:  Allegiance Retail Services Location:  112 N Maple Ave, Ridgewood, NJ Photographed:  June 2022 We return to the Green Way Markets of Ridgewood, which just finished its renovation after opening in a former Kings in early 2021. I was frustrated to see basically no change at the time of my December 2021 visit , even questioning whether the renovation was happening at all. Little did I know that in the weeks immediately following my visit the renovation did, in fact, begin in earnest. And it wrapped up in, I believe, late May when they held their grand reopening. I was very impressed with how the store looked when I went back just a few weeks ago, although the renovation was a little limited in scope. Quite the first impression, though! Check out the floor plan in the January post linked above. You'll see that the produce department and the liquor store are now side-by-side, rather than one in fr...

Green Way Markets Owner:  Robin Estevez Opened:  February 2021 Cooperative:  Allegiance Retail Services Location:  112 N Maple Ave, Ridgewood, NJ Photographed:  December 2021 The 14,000 square foot Green Way Markets of Ridgewood was the first store sold in the Kings bankruptcy that was not part of ACME's purchase agreement of 19 locations. Of the 25, 19 are still in business under the Kings name but under ACME's ownership, 2 are now Green Way Markets (this one opened January 2021 and Maplewood opened October 2021), and 4 are still vacant. Green Way Markets is a brand of Allegiance Retail Services, the cooperative that supports Foodtown and other independent stores; this one is owned by Robin Estevez who owns two other Green Ways and a few Foodtowns, and Maplewood is owned by Adam Shapiro who apparently previously worked for Jack's Supermarkets, which owns four Foodtowns. We return almost a year (roughly 11 months) after the store's opening to confirm that the ...

Green Way Markets Owner: Adam Shapiro Opened:  October 2021 Cooperative:  Allegiance Retail Services Location:  159 Maplewood Ave, Maplewood, NJ Photographed:  October 2021 Contributor:  Joe Kings Food Markets closed its downtown Maplewood location in late November 2020 as it was not included in the sale of the chain to ACME Markets. Green Way Markets signed a lease on August 3, 2021 to take over the space and in a crazy fast timeline, the store opened on October 23. We saw it in progress back in August also. While I haven't been back just yet, unfortunately, our contributor Joe visited the store on October 24 to get the full look at the store for us! Simple exterior updates with new paint and awnings look very good, though we can tell it's still the same basic building. There are some nice new graphics outside though... And we see what may be new or refurbished shopping carts that say simply "thank you"... Let's head inside! Make sure you check out the Kings...