11/25/2025
For over two weeks, the Associated Supermarket on Melrose at 151st Street was closed. Today we learned that it is under new ownership and will open "soon" under new management and a new name.
Unfortunately today we witnessed hundreds of pounds of food and produce that was left to rot being thrown away.
The least the previous owners could have done was to donate the perishable foods to local pantries given that The Bronx is the poorest borough of the city and food insecurity plagues many residents.
This type of waste is simply unacceptable.