Dicks or modells.

grocery store

Wegmans, Whole Foods, or Trader Joes.

We desperately need another supermarket, our population continues to grow.

another grocery store, please!.... Trader Joe's would be great!....

Agree on some of the grocery store suggestions, but also a Giant grocerty store would be great. They are in PA and are wonderful! Definitely a new grocery store. Shopping at Shop Rite makes me want to scream!

Instead of what to do with Superfresh, what should be done with Guinardis that has been empty much longer and all the other empty stores?

I heard Bottom Dollar grocery chain was moving in to the SuperFresh building

Love the idea of a Trader Joe's, or a Kohl's, Bed Bath & Beyond, Michael's?

We definitely need to give Shop-rite some competition

B&N book store or Home Goods

All the above comments are worthwhile. The Genaurdi's store has been vacant for almost 8 years, let's get that one moving too!
How about a Five Below or Home Goods or Trader Joes?

We Definitely need another Grocery Store!! Any kind would be Very Welcomed!!

A low cost gym like a Planet Fitness. All the local gyms are too expensive, so a $10/month gym would clean up.

I'd love to see a Petsmart or a Sam's Club in East Windsor

A roller skating rink or a teen club

Trader Joes gets my vote

How about a small inside mall.

Any supermarket! Can't take going into Shop-Rite so my family has no food.

A YMCA with a pool in town would be nice. Trader Joes or Whole Foods too

I love the idea of a Y with a pool. A supermarket like Whole Foods would be nice, too. The ShopRite is way too crowded and doesn't have a good selection of organic fruits and vegetables.

Whole Foods or Wegman's without a doubt. Shop Rite is brutal. BTW, did anyone read the article about our municipal taxes going up?!!

Who can afford to pay the rent there? Thats the real problem...Maybe the town should sit down with the strip malls owners and cut them a deal so they can attract some business there. Anything is better than nothing.......I agree that Trader Joes with a liquor license would thrive there and force shoprite to compete. You can do it Janice......

What About a BJ's Wholesale like in Hamilton or a Best Buy.

agree we need another supermarket and a Whole Food/Wegmans/Giant would be awesome - the YMCA was another good idea as well as another department store type of establishment.

What about IKEA?

Costco

Sue Martin

I vote for a grocery store. I hate shopping at Shop Rite. The parking sucks, and the store is not shopper friendly. The aisles are always crowded. The only Shop Rite in the area that is worth going too is the one located at Hamilton Market Square.

Bottom Dollar is working on coming to EW. See new story in Patch

Home Goods

We must not forget the middle to upper middle class residents in East Windsor and Hightstown. We don't need another store, e.g. "Bottom Dollar" grocery store. Raise the bar.

I vote for Wegmans In the old Genardi's and a Home Goods in the Superfresh site - but the township really doesn't care what I think . ..
And and modernized YMCA would be awesome, but I don't think they "do" strip malls -

A panera bread in the blockbuster location would be great!

Def NO to Bottom Dollar store! I didnt leave brooklyn just to have it follow me here! I'd love a Whole Foods or Trader Joe's!

I use coupons...i'm not a snob, but a store with the name Bottom Dollar doesn't look good for the township. Trader Joe's is a great idea and they have reasonable prices. You may not buy all of your food there but you could go to ShopRite or BJs once a month and fill in with Trader Joes. And we don't need a store that is 10 minutes down the road in Hamilton... really... you can't drive 10 minutes to get to a store.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet!

So, if it's no big deal to drive 10 minutes, why can't you driver to Princeton to get to Trader Joes? I could care less if the store is called "Cheap Food" - I'll check it out. It's not like it's going to bring down the image of the town, considering we have a Sell your gold store, at least 3 dollar stores, and many empty storefronts...

Let's stick to the real issue....we need a food store and we need everyone to frequent it or it will go out of business like the others.

Right - a brand new Bottom Dollar Food store would look a lot better than the empty stores. Let's all be realistic - Trader Joe's and Wegmans aren't coming here. If they wanted to, they would've already made their intentions clear. Acme already closed in West Windsor. I'm all for another supermarket, but it doesn't look like they are knocking down the doors to come here. If Bottom Dollar is willing to open a brand new store and hire people, then I'm all for it.

well written, casper! i checked out the website earlier this week and followed the link you posted. lets just say bottom dollar- the name and quality of food speaks for itself. i'm baffled that consumers would rather save a few dollars then care about the quality of food they are eating or feeding their families.

we need to set our limits higher rather then settling for poor quality businesses. as much as we pay in property taxes (and as educated consumers), we deserve better choices.

I don't believe it's going to be mandatory to shop there. McDonalds and a lot of other places sell poor quality and unhealthy food, we shouldn't allow them in town either? If so many people want another store start a co-op. I don't think this store is going to destroy the image of our town any more than the 100 cabs we have running all over the place. Lets focus on all the illegal boarding houses that are causing more image and tax problems than a store ever will

Ok, but what do you consider a "quality business"? Your earlier post Wegmans and Trader Joes and it doesn't seem like they are coming. What other business would you like to see there?

People, people...ultimately in the scheme of things...we don't have any say what will go there or what will not...let's just hope the buildings do not remain vacant much longer. And let's hope whatever business opens...thrives,

Walmart and Target have both stepped into the breach: both offer a grocery selection and even fresh fruits and vegetables. I am a senior with physical limitations and I appreciate the cart provided at Walmart. I also shop the "little stores" inasmuch as "little" means less pain. I also have learned to shop and compare online; and shop for fresh fruits and vegetables at Mendies organically-grown food stand. There are ways to resolve problems. I am five miles from any grocery store. I can still drive, but bless those cabs. It is good to know we can rely on them on days when either or both the car or my body are not up to it.

The bottom line is that East Windsor makes it very difficult to do business (or much else). Business will grow when the current mayor moves on and commerce can be about commerce and not one person's insatiable ego.

An antique mall and indoor market would turn East Windsor into a tourist destination. Also, all residents would be able to empty out their excess stuff in either their own booth or consignment area. Additionally, antique malls serve as business incubators since you can get started in a 10x10 "business" for minimal monthly cost. Imagine the impact of 100 local residents starting their own business!

i would love to see ACME here

Acme is going out for business!!!