We need a super market ShopRite is too crowded

I agree with Luis we need a competitive supermarket like a Wegmans. We also could use a good bakery, a Best Buy, would love an In and Out Burger, Nathan's/Arthur Treachers, brand clothing g stores, sporting goods like Modells, an East Windsor theater for performing arts wod be great.

Frustrating to me that many stores & restraurants I like are 10 miles west, south or east.

I don't think any supermarket chain will consider moving in there. - we had two supermarkets go out of business in the town, who will want to be the third. I agree Shoprite is too crowded, but it was when we had the Genuardi's and Superfresh. Wegmans tend to build in larger spaces than the superfresh footprint, so the old Genuardi's would be closer to an ideal spot for them. Or maybe we can get McCaffrey's to move into the larger spot.

Barnes and Noble........somewhere!!

YES Barnes and Nobles or better yet, I would love to have a Trader Joe's here!

How about a Persian or Greek restaurant!

Or a Baha fresh!!

i though we already had a business lined up for superfresh space? they back out already? this plaza is a ghost town, if you think it's empty now, wait till Staples moves to the shoprite plaza.

This must be at least the third if not the fourth time the question has been put out for suggestions. I don't see anything going into either property any time soon. Don't believe any of us has the answer as to why???? It is most frustrating having only Shop-Rite for a grocery, very crowded & the parking lot is a nightmare. McCaffrey's has a store on Princeton Hightstown Rd. not far from here, doubt they would put another so close but it's a nice idea. If forced to go to Shop-Rite I pop a tranquilizer so I don't feel the need to hurt somebody. Keep praying folks, perhaps the good grocery fairy will take pity on us.

Trader Joe's

I would like to see WHOLEFOODS in the SuperFresh location. I believe that Whole Foods would not go out of business because I know multiple people that travel over 30 minutes to go to the Whole Foods in Princeton.

What we really need to be putting in is a Play Center. A place where all Kids not just little kids can go and hang out and be safe. A place with a skating area, a gaming area and some Minature Golf. Just a fun place for the pre teen to High school kids and go and have some fun and stay out of trouble. The abandoned supermarket has plenty of room and it would just make our town grow. It would provide lots of jobs. Freehold has one on Rt.9 and that place is always hopping. Just an idea...

Trader Joe's forget those snobs from Whole foods

Would love to see a Whole Foods there!! Trader Joe's is already accessible, can't imagine they'd put another one in so close to the location on Rt 1.

COSTCOS

How about a Unicorn store?

Seems like most of us feel the same about shoprite. We really need another food store option. A good restaurant too would help get people in the shopping center.

Costco, trader Joe's or whole foods. Have my vote!

I have a great idea. Lets not put any new stores into this shopping plaza and then every other month we can talk about what should go in there.

What about the space where Kohl's was supposed to go? Hickory Corner Road between Route 130 and 33 looks like a dump. It can be empty and full of trees but the run down buildings and falling down signs don't make selling homes any easier!

TRADER JOE's would be a perfect fit

WEGMANS at location where Genuardi's was
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TRADER JOE's where Super Fresh was

The Shoprite comments remind of Yogi Bera's famous saying "Nobody goes there anymore, its too crowded!" It's funny that what everybody seems to hate is that they are hugely successful.

When the new Superfresh was built I used to say that the best thing the manager could do to make it better would be shop at the Shoprite to learn what they are doing so much better!

One thing is clear, a physical store location needs to sell what can't be easily provided over the Internet. So you are talking perishables (food), services, or perish the thought, manufacturing! I once worked for a small manufacturer located in a strip mall in Wrightstown. After the base closure the mall had 60% vacancy. They let us in out of desparation. After 4 years the owner told us he would try to convert the whole mall. We had several employees, an empty parking lot, few visitors, no loitering and no complaints.

Gary H. Lucas

Agree, we need another grocery store option nearby. All for a Wegmans, Whole Foods, and yeah, maybe Trader Joes. Costco is good suggestion too. There is plenty of space between the empty store by target and the old Superfresh. I moved here in 2007 and "superfresh"...was not so superfresh and drove me and kept me @ Shop Rite and even prompted me to drive to Whole Foods and Trader Joes. Something needs to be done...our input isn't doing much. The locations...between the economy and their past track records are not enticing any heavy hitters.

The problem is we are 10 miles away in 3 out of 4 directions from all the places people want. We're too close to them. The stores feel they'd just cannibalize their own customers. We're perfectly positioned to get screwed here. That said, both Gennuardi's & Superfresh did themselves in: not only were their prices higher than ShopRite's, their selection wasn't as good. Either lower prices or better selection would have possibly kept either in business.

If you are all regular readers of the East Windsor Patch Police blotter. The choices are obvious. Split the location into two separate businesses. One could be a bail bond business and the other could be a drug rehab.

Nashville wanted a second Trader Joe's, petitioned over 3,000 signatures in an online petition and got one. A community effort by residents of EW together with our surrounding towns is worth getting either top rated supermarket, Trader or Wegman's (Consumer Reports rating: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/best-supermarkets_n_1398053.html#s835342&title=1_Wegmans) in our town. Why travel elsewhere for the goods and services we want right here especially when there's PLENTY of space available? It would also be good to know what else the town can do to encourage these businesses to come here. Tax break incentives have worked for many towns and communities throughout the country. What's clear is that the current strategy is not working and needs to be revolutionized.

Here's the link to the Patch article about another petition in GA; the Trader Joe's Nashville petition is referenced near the end of the article: http://smyrna.patch.com/articles/trader-joe-s-fans-seek-5-000-signatures-for-petition

Do tax breaks provide incentives,. sdure they do. Take a look at the Cranbury Township Route 535 corridor as a great example. But there is one primary difference in the Cranbury model over the idea you propose. Your plan includes buildings that are already assessed and paying taxes, so a tax break would mean a reduction in current revenue. So, in order to fund the respective budgets (Bd of Ed, Municipal and County) a revenue source is required to replace the money lost in the tax break proposal. Where do you suppose that will come from?

then propose a solution