Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Some Stores Better Stocked Than Others: Carroll Gardens In The Time Of Covid-19

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Park Health Foods on Court Street
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Key Food on Henry Street
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Union Market on Court Street
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K and Y Produce on Court Street
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Caputo's Bake Shop on Court
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Fresh Flower shop, corner of DeGraw and Court Street
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The weather and the lovely blooms all around Carroll Gardens were the perfect excuse to go for a quick walk around the neighborhood, all while keeping our distance from everyone.  After all, there is a pandemic out there.

We would like to report that most food stores seem to have been restocked. Here is a report on smoe of them.

-Union Market on Court Street seemed to have pretty much everything, including flour, which had been hard to fin in other stores. The deli section was filled with cooked food to take away.

-K and Y Fruit and Produce on Court Street had everything they normally carry, including milk and butter.

-Caputo's Bakery on Court Street was lovely as always, with fresh loaves in the window.
(Mazzola on Union and Henry Streets is also open.)

-Key Food on Henry Street, on the other hand, was experiencing some shortages like milk, butter, frozen food, and baking supplies.

-Park Health on Court Street also had empty shelves for some products, but had a good supply of produce.

-We stopped at the flower store on the corner of DeGraw and Court Street and bought some blooms, because our mental health needs some tending during this stressful time.

Also open for business:
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Bar Bruno on Henry Street
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Little Barber shop on Henry Street
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Reader Christian reports that Caputo's Fine Foods is "still making fresh mozzarella and grilled artichokes and have pastas and prepared sauces."
He also reports that French tart delicatessen is "still open and smiling."


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank god for the French place.

Anonymous said...

Key Foods larger wholesale cooperative is restricting stores order by as much as 50-75% of their normal orders. For example: a truck might come in with a normal order of 1600 items. They are being limited to 250 items per order/delivery!
Some store owners (it is a small area franchise) have connections outside of the Key Food cooperative - some, stores do not. Key Food on Montague is getting supplies from a small kosher distributor- same products, now Kosher too!
This is also responsible for some area price hikes - wholesalers are experiencing shortages and hikes also. Consumers are not alone in this regard.
- Area Grocery Geek

Katia said...

Thanks, Anon. That explains a lot.