New Health Food Grocery Store, Sprouts, Coming To Aberdeen

ABERDEEN, NJ — Aberdeen is getting a new health foods grocery store/farmers' market, next year.

Sprouts Farmers Market, a health food grocery store chain, plans to open in the old Aberdeen A&P supermarket space at Aberdeen Plaza, announced Basser-Kaufman, the commercial realty firm that owns Aberdeen Plaza.

The Asbury Park Press reports they will not open until 2024; they did not say what month.

Sprouts will occupy a 22,700-square-foot space inside Aberdeen's main shopping plaza, at Rt. 35 at Cliffwood Avenue.

What is Sprouts? According to a quick review of their website, the Arizona-based health food store seems like a cross between a traditional supermarket, a Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, with an emphasis on organic and unprocessed, natural foods: They have a meats and seafood section, dairy, a deli, a bakery and also sell vitamins and supplements. Some Sprouts stores also sell beer and wine; it does not appear the Aberdeen location will.

"We at Basser Kaufman are pleased to announce that Aberdeen Plaza will be the new home of @sprouts, which opened its first store in 2002 in an effort to make natural foods available to the general population and has since grown to 370 locations, with more to come," wrote Basser-Kaufman on their Instagram account.

"We are pleased Sprouts chose Aberdeen Plaza as their first home in the central New Jersey market. Sprouts will deliver their brand of healthy food at reasonable prices to the burgeoning population of Central NJ and we couldn’t be happier to accommodate them. Sprouts will occupy in the revamped, renewed and revitalized Aberdeen Plaza."

What else is at Aberdeen Plaza:

A beauty salon called Phenix Salons just opened: Phenix Salons is "a suite concept," says Basser-Kaufman. A hair stylist has a chair, as does someone who does hair coloring and a third professional offering hair removal.

Health foods grocery store: Sprouts signed a lease to open in 2024.

Aberdeen Plaza is already home to the LA Fitness, Vinvingo Wine and Liquor, My XO nail salon, a WingStop, Domino's Pizza and HR Block.

There remains available for lease one 3,000-square-food end-cap in the shopping center. For all leasing inquiries, please contact Robert Goldfeder Director of Leasing at 516-569-3700 or robert@bkre.com