BARGAIN GROCERY
COMING SOON
A much needed grocery store is coming to the Waterfront District in Troy's North Central Neighborhood.
Community-minded “Bargain Grocery” Provides Food For All, With Dignity . First Columbia, in partnership with leading businesses, city, county, state and federal governments, is proposing a new community-minded grocery store, Bargain Grocery, planning to move into Troy’s North Central neighborhood. This will be downtown Troy’s most centrally-located large-scale grocery store and will serve customers from all walks of life, providing quality, healthy food to an area of food insecurity. Bargain Grocery will anchor First Columbia’s redevelopment of the entire city block north of Hoosick Street. To be located at 558 River Street, across the street from Flanigan Square, located near the intersections of NYS Route 7 (Hoosick Street) and US Rte 4 (River Street) is easily accessible by car, with ample off-street parking, and is located on multiple CDTA bus lines.
Bargain Grocery opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Utica in 2018, backed by Compassion Coalition, a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 which donates more than $20 million in goods each year to the Utica community. The prices are exceptionally low due to Bargain Grocery’s strategic purchasing and there will be additional, discreet financial assistance to those in need. The store buys fresh food at a discount — either because the food is overproduced, or because the food doesn’t meet certain superficial standards, such as aesthetics or packaging issues.
Since Bargain Grocery acquires food at a discount, it is able to sell that food at lower prices. The outfit works with a variety of partners to ensure a wide choice for their shoppers. The profits from Bargain Grocery in Utica have not only funded community giveaways of food, but also mattresses, clothes and other household and essential goods—a model the organization plans to replicate in Troy.
Community-minded “Bargain Grocery” Provides Food For All, With Dignity . First Columbia, in partnership with leading businesses, city, county, state and federal governments, is proposing a new community-minded grocery store, Bargain Grocery, planning to move into Troy’s North Central neighborhood. This will be downtown Troy’s most centrally-located large-scale grocery store and will serve customers from all walks of life, providing quality, healthy food to an area of food insecurity. Bargain Grocery will anchor First Columbia’s redevelopment of the entire city block north of Hoosick Street. To be located at 558 River Street, across the street from Flanigan Square, located near the intersections of NYS Route 7 (Hoosick Street) and US Rte 4 (River Street) is easily accessible by car, with ample off-street parking, and is located on multiple CDTA bus lines.
Bargain Grocery opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Utica in 2018, backed by Compassion Coalition, a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 which donates more than $20 million in goods each year to the Utica community. The prices are exceptionally low due to Bargain Grocery’s strategic purchasing and there will be additional, discreet financial assistance to those in need. The store buys fresh food at a discount — either because the food is overproduced, or because the food doesn’t meet certain superficial standards, such as aesthetics or packaging issues.
Since Bargain Grocery acquires food at a discount, it is able to sell that food at lower prices. The outfit works with a variety of partners to ensure a wide choice for their shoppers. The profits from Bargain Grocery in Utica have not only funded community giveaways of food, but also mattresses, clothes and other household and essential goods—a model the organization plans to replicate in Troy.
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