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DNAinfo reports that Trade Fair unexpectadly closed up shop at 75-07 37th Avenue, between 75th and 76th Streets in Jackson Heights. We knew that Key Food bought this particular grocery store but it was unclear when the businesses would change over. Employees showed up for work yesterday with no warning that it would be closed, by the end of the day the “Trade Fair” sign was gone. Here’s a report from Jackson Heights Life on Tuesday: “Today, the store was closed. A bunch of employees were standing in front of the building, saying the store was, in fact sold and they were told that ‘they were not needed anymore.’ That doesn’t sound good.”

Trade Fair Supermarket Abruptly Closes Doors and Tears Down Sign [DNAinfo]
A Key Food for Jackson Heights [Q’Stoner]

Photo by Katie Honan for DNAinfo


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  1. They always operated as a pure profit-machine with little care for their workers and the residents who live here.
    I can’t count the number of times that I found expired food left on the shelf for not-so-diligent customers to get sick on. At one point, they chose to fire their meat department workers rather than negotiate with the union on pay. I am not surprised this is how they chose to close shop. Hopefully, Key Food will bring some humanity back into this store.