Kosher Supermarket Opens Soon In Rockland County

ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — Coming soon: the third in a regional grocery store chain that now has stores in Brooklyn and Lakewood, New Jersey. Bingo Wholesale, which has been called the "kosher Costco," is going in at the Spring Valley Marketplace.

An opening date has not been set; the company says on its website that its Monsey location is "coming soon."

Like a shopping club, Bingo does offer memberships. They're free. "No tricks, no schticks" is the company's slogan. Buying smart is what they say they concentrate on.

"We try to sell everything at wholesale price," David Weiss, managing director of New York-based Bingo Wholesale told Patch when the Lakewood store opened in early 2019.

The Rockland County supermarket will be similar to the 70,000-square-foot store in the Town & Country Shopping Center in New Jersey.

The products in the store are "mostly kosher," Weiss said. It's not just grocery. You'll find meats, fish, fruits and vegetables, dairy, dried fruits and nuts, bulk spices as well as housewares. There are baked goods and desserts, such as halva, a confection imported from Israel.

You'll find brand-name goods, but also items under Bingo Wholesale's private label, which includes BluPantry and BluShine. Many items also are in large and bulk sizes, commonly found at a warehouse clubs.

This will be Bingo's third location. The company opened its first store in 2016 in Brooklyn. It's part of a fast-growing retail and wholesale segment that caters to a market for specialty and kosher food, said Burt Flickinger III, a New York-based supermarket analyst whose firm, Strategic Resource Group, has surveyed kosher stores, supermarkets and specialty shops in Brooklyn. While they may cater to a Jewish population, price, quality and selection attracts the overall community, he told Patch in 2019.

Bingo is a partnership between Weiss and Osher Ad, a grocery chain with 20 stores in Israel. Yehuda Lanaido, managing director at Osher Ad, said in 2019, "We plan to open many, many stores."

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