On June 23, 2015, a group calling itself Lakewood Residents started an online petition to get the famous KRM Supermarket from Borough Park in Brooklyn, NY to open a similar supermarket in Lakewood. They claim that they need a reasonable supermarket to sell kosher food products at discounted prices and I agree too.
Lots of fancy kosher supermarkets opened in the past ten years in every Frum, Jewish neighborhood. These include Brooklyn area kosher super stores like Pomegranate in Flatbush, The Chestnut in Williamsburg, Gourmet Glatt Market in Boro Park, Rockland Kosher Supermarket and lately Evergreen Kosher Market in Monsey (Rockland County), New York.
I’m not here to bash these fancy kosher supermarkets. There is a need for them. Today’s Frum Balei Bustas (Jewish Home Makers) are demanding fancier stores and better shopping experience than what their parents did. We also have a lot more working professional women who need the conveience of more prepared food and pre-cooked ready meat and fish. But at the same time, these stores are much more expensive and it’s hard for a large Frum Jewish family to pay their prices. So we welcome the pettion and urge you all to sign it. KRM Kollel store in Boro Park is a simple, not fancy superstore that serves the Brooklyn orthodox community well. Do open in Lakewood and you will help a lot of struggling learning and working families alike. It will be a big Mitzvah.
The text of the petition is posted below:
We, the people of Lakewood are desperate for a supermarket that will offer affordable prices in a convenient, nearby location. We don’t need another fancy grocery store that will focus on selling expensive prepared food and everyday groceries at convenience store prices.
KRM, we know good and well that you will be able to open an amazing supermarket as has been shown for many years in your current locations.
Please do us a favor (probably even a mitzvah) to the 99% of families that can’t afford the current grocery pricing in Lakewood.
Please open a location in Shop Rite Plaza.
Please follow the link below and sign the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/krm-krm-please-move-into-the-former-shop-rite-location
