New Supermarket Eyeing Manchester Parkade Area Parcel

MANCHESTER, CT — Key Food is eyeing a location in the Manchester Parkade area that has a roller coaster history for supermarkets.

But the company has plans to locate a market in retail space at 425 Broad St. Manchester planning officials said the move is serious (it is already listed in store directories), but no timetable has been formalized.

It would be a neighbor to a Stop & Shop that is basically down the road.

A Shaw's supermarket had occupied the property at 425 Broad St., but left in 2010 when the regional chain abandoned Connecticut. A sister store — Save-A-Lot — then took over the space in 2011, but that store closed eight years later.

O'Reilly Auto Parts now has a presence there.

Key Food's roots can be traced to 1937 in New York City. It is a cooperative of independently owned supermarkets.

From its original Brooklyn location, the chain has expanded to other New York State locations, along with Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida.

Connecticut Key Food locations include East Hartford, Hartford, New Britain, New Haven.