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Marketplace Will Aim Locally

What was once The Shuk is now The Marketplace, Itzik Benabo's newest supermarket in Crown Heights which will aim to keep Kollel store shoppers close to home, COLlive was told. Full Story

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give back to the community
April 14, 2010 4:32 pm

donate extras to the local food pantary which benefits many crown heights residence. kollel store and pomegranet do. why not crown heights stores too?

customer service
April 14, 2010 9:52 am

I haven’t seen the amazing customer service at the kollel store in boro park! actually what customer service??? Cstomer service is a foreign word in Boro park. so it can’t be the reason why our “clever” people run there…. and the prices are not always the greatest etheir.

pomogell
April 14, 2010 1:12 am

cross between pomogranate and kollel…what a deal!

to 10
April 14, 2010 12:21 am

he IS the stores in home

Monopolies aren't good;
April 14, 2010 12:19 am

-not for prices, & not for customer respect.
People who are barely making ends meet, find it increasingly hard to shop in CH.

YEA RIGHT
April 14, 2010 12:08 am

If i recall you said that about Empire kosher that that would be just like the kollel store. yea right ……………..

Yes i am one of those who shop by the kollel every week you cant compare the prices the kollel store is so cheap comparing to Empire Kosher.

and then
April 13, 2010 5:15 pm

and then when he (smartly) gets CHts to purchase in our own shechuneh, we hope he will give all his maaser / tzedakah to CHts orgs too.
b’hatzlucha raabeh
hope he will take requests on food items and have courteous workers, with a yiddisha atmosphere

marketplace?
April 13, 2010 5:11 pm

lol, what an original name!!! somehow tho, i have a feeling that it will always be called the shuk…

I agree with #16
April 13, 2010 4:47 pm

Customer Service is my #1 priority! When the workers are rude or don’t give you the time of day, yes,I will go out of crown heights to shop! I hardly shop on Kingston Ave. anymore because of all the rude workers who don’t have time for their own community shoppers!! They take us for granted. Well I don’t need that during my shopping experience. If this Marketplace keeps up the customer service that they say they will provide, I will shop there. Otherwise I will go to the Kollel store. Empire Kosher started off with great customer service but it… Read more »

tee ess
April 13, 2010 4:09 pm

1. Options for the customer are always good 2. How will he address parking? (On the other hand, with free delivery, there’s no need for parking). 3. “Someone” bought Singers on kingston, hung up a new sign like this one going up. The sign is still there and that’s it. (Not even used as a Pesach or Purim specialty store anymore. Just an ugly warehouse on prime real-estate on kingston. Unitl this one actually opens, all there is, is a sign. 4. Continuing from above, could the owner of that large space on prime Kingston please do something with the… Read more »

Lets see it happen
April 13, 2010 3:12 pm

When he was going to open empier kosher he said the same thing “prices will mach Kolel prices” and now its the same old expensive prices
I wish it will happen but unfurtenely I dont think it will happen

................
April 13, 2010 2:27 pm

“modern”? i want chassidish? does he think he will get more untzniusdke women by making it modern? let the food not be moldy! my mom sais that when she shops the kolell she leaves the store with a savings of $70.00 and feels more satisfied. and w/ more selection! bezras hashem itzik should have hatzlacha! just make shure to sell the chassidish stuff!

happy ch guy
April 13, 2010 2:19 pm

some of you guys and gals just get a life. When you start krechtzing and writing pathethic comments it doesn’t say much for all of us. Look how trashy VIN comments have become. How insane and immature makes us all look so nebach. Chill – this place will do super – ya think he hasn’t a clue what he’s doin. evevryone with there great hashoges ppppplease this Mr B guy knows what to do and how to do it. I applaud his effort and conviction in CH and wish him well. I for one and my extended families (4 seperate… Read more »

thanks
April 13, 2010 1:31 pm

Mr. Benabo, thank you for your hard work and for trying to improve the neighborhood. Hope the cashiers dress and talk tzniusly.

1.5M
April 13, 2010 1:16 pm

I believe every week 200 CH families are leaving their $300 per shopping trip in Kolel store. It is 2.88M in sales a year. It is 1.5M in profit. Do you think more than 200 families shop in Kolel? Do you think they spend more that $300 per trip? Do the rest of your math. Prices??? Prices will be always higher than in Kolel. At least 5-10% as a friction of the gas cost and the cost of one hour you waisted on driving their. If not more. Go Itzik, go!

i dont believe this
April 13, 2010 12:46 pm

watch the prices be really low with a 100.00 minimum purchase! there is no way he can keep the prices as low as the kollel, he just does not have the clientele like bp. sorry, CHers will shop elsewhere if it means saving money.

What we need
April 13, 2010 12:02 pm

-Stores that don’t give service with a snarl
-Decent parking (why do you think that Empire is so successful?
-Packers who know how to pack and put the bags into your cart
-Reasonable pricing
-Decent selection

dont get it
April 13, 2010 11:52 am

he says he will give customer service and cheap prices 2 things kol tuv and empire kosher dont have!! instead of opening a new store just offer customer service and low prices to his 2 stores now and everyone will be happy!! why compete with yourself?

berel
April 13, 2010 11:03 am

berel u made it in the pic!!!!!!!

!!!!!
April 13, 2010 10:46 am

CUSTOMER SERVICE IS IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!

#16 is right
April 13, 2010 10:07 am

get good cashiers please>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

customer service
April 13, 2010 9:39 am

ACTUAL costomer service would be a novel idea. Perhaps cashiers that are friendly and aren’t messing with their crackberry or ipods while they ring you up or maintaining a conversation with their next door cashier.

crazy
April 13, 2010 9:35 am

how much are poeple going to eat, you are not going to sell more, what are you gaining, where do you think the pople are going to come from ? empire kosher & kol tov – how stupid could this become – you think you are going to get more money?

what for?
April 13, 2010 9:29 am

why do we need another grocery owned by the same guy with the same pricing and customer service?
The type of store we DON’T have in Crown Heights is Amazing Savings or Bargain Hunters, etc

hatzlacha
April 13, 2010 9:25 am

wishing him much hatzlacha. It will be great to have a supermarket right around the corner.

Next door neighbor
April 13, 2010 9:15 am

I never have to worry about parking! lol Lookin forward to it opening (sooner, rather than later!)

Hopes not so high, no competition
April 13, 2010 9:13 am

sorry. I dont know if I should believe this. Maybe they will start off with low prices, and after they receive our trust, it will ever so slowly go back to the old more expensive way as is befitting Crown Heights.
Now that Ben Abou has a monopoly of this neighborhood he can do what he wants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

double standard
April 13, 2010 9:11 am

I wish Mr benabou hatzlcha, but I also wonder. He is concerned to keep shoppers “close to home” but what about hurting stores that are “home” in CH?

Pricing...
April 13, 2010 9:10 am

the only way kollel store shoppers are going to shop at this new place are if the prices match kollel store prices! Believe me people dont shop at the kollel store b/c of the look of the store… its all in the price and customer service!!! ( yes the modern and clean place is an added bonus!)

cheaper prices to keep local shoppers
April 13, 2010 8:55 am

why do people shop out of crown heights?
prices are cheaper……duhhhhhhhhhhh
also customer service.
dont take local shoppers for granted !!!!!

CH DAD
April 13, 2010 8:51 am

I hope he emulates Pomegranate! That would be a huge move into that arena, and would cater to the many YUPPIES moving in also around South CH and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. I know a few and they hate Flatbush Ave – Sounds like this guy knows what he’s doin 🙂

parking parking parking
April 13, 2010 8:35 am

parking parking parking

modern store is not only thing necessary...
April 13, 2010 8:24 am

the prices r gonna make it!!!

Abba
April 13, 2010 8:00 am

How come it can’t open until September? It was once a grocery? So much time to prepare?

S L
April 13, 2010 7:51 am

Wow, this is great news, Empire Kosher gets too crowded these days, with everyone cramming in to shop in the same store.
Antoher supermarket is welcome news

oy vey
April 13, 2010 7:20 am

they should change the facade of the buildung

Meir
April 13, 2010 6:46 am

BS:D

He is gonna undercut his own stores. Wow what a tzadik

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