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Gallery: Inside Brooklyn’s new ‘A’Fare’

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

July 5, 2017

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Gourmet A’Fare, a new supermarket serving a remote but fast-growing pocket of Brooklyn, N.Y., had a soft opening over the weekend.

Khalid Immab, a representative of owner the POM Group, said the 11,000-square-foot store in the Greenpoint neighborhood is the first of two stores the group plans to open under the Gourmet A’Fare banner: A second in the Lefferts Gardens neighborhood will open later this year, he said.

The Greenpoint store is located at the north end of Manhattan Avenue and occupies the ground floor of a new 210-unit apartment building that opened a year ago, one of several new residential complexes going up within a few blocks expected to bring thousands of new residents within walking distance of the new store.

Immab said the store would be supplied by Associated Supermarkets and United Natural Foods. He said the company was planning grand-opening ceremonies.

About the Author

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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