The Roosevelt Island Gristedes supermarket will soon complete it’s transition and rebranding to a Foodtown.

Last Sunday, the Gristedes signage was removed and yesterday was completely gone.
I’m told that the transition to Foodtown
will be completed by February
and include a lower pricing structure for items. According to this September 18 Real Estate Weekly article:

… As part of that effort to stay ahead of the competition, Catsimatidis revealed he is switching some of his Gristedes stores to the DAgostino brand and vice versa.

In addition, the company may decide to open more Foodtown supermarkets, a brand Catsimatidis doesnt own but does license in suburban areas….

… Catsimatidis said, Its getting tougher and tougher to do business and the community should support their local supermarkets, because if theres no supermarkets at all, itll get much worse.

Stay tuned for more info on the Roosevelt Island Foodtown Supermarket coming soon.

Roosevelt Islander