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Natural Market Owner:  Oscar Molatti Opened:  between 2007 and 2012 Cooperative:  none (Krasdale wholesale) Location:  140 7th St, Garden City, NY Photographed:  December 2018 For today's store tour, we're looking at this 8700 square foot store directly across the street from the Key Food Marketplace . It's a very attractive store (more modern than Key Food, but slightly smaller). It focuses on natural and specialty products, and has more services than Key Food. But it's less of a general supermarket. Here's a brief layout summary: deli/bakery/prepared foods line the front wall. Checkouts line the right wall and dairy/meat/seafood on the left wall. Produce is on the back wall. Looking along the front wall of the store. Prepared foods and deli is a much larger selection than Key Food, but this store has very little general grocery selection. Cheese and dairy on the side wall opposite the checkouts. Note the Krasdale aluminum p...

Happy March! We moved through North Hempstead pretty quickly, now it's time to head south to the Town of Hempstead. We're hitting the key villages and hamlets: Garden City, downtown Hempstead, Baldwin, Valley Stream, and a few other locations here and there. As we'll see, there's a lot of variation here, in store size and style, income level of the communities, brands, and more. This group will feature stores on The Market Report , The Independent Edition, and for the first time in a while,  Grocery Archaeology ! We're going to jump right into Garden City tomorrow!