Eat it: Supermarkets and urban grocery concepts are swarming NYC

Across the city’s boroughs, grocery stores are seeing green. The craters left by now-defunct big-box retail outlets, casualties of the pandemic, are proving to be fruitful opportunities for well-positioned purveyors of perishables.

“COVID helped to create dynamics that have made this a golden era,” said Peter Ripka of Ripco Real Estate of the grocery boom.

Not only did the pandemic years teach New Yorkers what that four-eyed appliance in their kitchen was for, it taught them to use it with gusto. Today, your average Joe can soufflé and fricassée like Escoffier. They shop local, too, thanks to more flexible office hours...
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RSK: This is not just happening in NYC but right here in the Greater Madison area.