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Best Yet Market is a family-owned, regional chain of supermarkets with 18 stores in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. The company is headquartered in Bethpage, New York and has been owned by the Raitses family since the company's first store opened in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York in 1994.〔("New Supermarket Chain Comes to CT" Fox CT ), Retrieved November 4, 2013〕〔("About Best Yet Market," Best Yet Market Website ), Retrieved October 18, 2013.〕 Best Yet Market, which operates several newer stores under its Best Market banner, focuses on fresh foods, especially produce, but also sells traditional grocery store items.〔("Best Market Opens For Business in Holmdel Commons," Holmdel-Hazlet Patch ), Retrieved October 27, 2013.〕 Its stores typically have smaller overall footprints than competitors,〔("Holmdel Officials Join Best Market in Welcoming Beer and Wine Dept.," Holmdel-Hazlet Patch ), Retrieved October 27, 2013.〕〔("Best Yet to Open in Former Waldbaums," Newsday ), Retrieved October 18, 2013.〕 and its offerings also include in-house smoked meats and large selections of craft beer in some stores.〔("Long Island Supermarket Chain Wins Auction Of Northwood Plaza In Newington," Hartford Courant ), Retrieved October 19, 2013.〕 ==History== Best Yet Market is a private, family-owned company. The business, which was founded as a small fruit and vegetable stand by the father of the current owners, expanded into a storefront produce store and, later into the first Produce Warehouse in 1994.〔〔("'Best Market' Hiring 70 Workers for New Holmdel Store," Holmdel-Hazlet Patch ) Retrieved October 27, 2013.〕 Continuing its expansion, the company opened up several more Produce Warehouse stores, focusing exclusively on New York and expanding from the outer boroughs of New York City into the suburbs of Long Island. It changed its name to Best Yet Market in 2002.〔〔 In 2005, Best Yet attempted a grocery delivery service in Manhattan that was ultimately unsuccessful. At the time, it competed with FreshDirect and Whole Foods Market, though Best Yet limited its offerings to the Upper East Side.〔("Best Yet Market Launches New York City Delivery Service," Gourmet Retailer ), Retrieved November 4, 2013.〕 Though the delivery service was short-lived, Best Yet would begin offering grocery delivery again in parts of Harlem beginning in 2010.〔("New Gourmet Market Opens in Harlem," New York 1 ), Retrieved November 04, 2013.〕 Best Yet Market opened a new flagship store in Harlem, New York in 2010, bringing the chain to Manhattan for the first time in the company's history and rectifying a shortage in fresh food offerings in the area, according to a New York City Department of City Planning survey.〔("Going Upscale Uptown," New York Times ), Retrieved October 20, 2013.〕〔("Downsizing without Downsides," New York Times ), Retrieved October 20, 2013.〕〔("Going to Market: New York City’s Neighborhood Grocery Store and Supermarket Shortage (pdf)," NYC.gov ), Retrieved October 20, 2013.〕 The Harlem store, which was funded in part with a million-dollar loan from the Upper Manhattan Development Zone, offers not only fresh produce, but also fresh meat and seafood departments, craft beer, and gourmet grocery products.〔("New Supermarket in Neighborhood That Needs One," New York Times ), Retrieved October 20, 2013.〕 The 2011 opening of a store in East Patchogue, New York earned the chain praise from East Patchogue city officials for bringing a market featuring fresh produce to what had been designated a food desert by New York state officials.〔("E. Patchogue Food Desert Gets Market," Newsday ), Retrieved October 20, 2013.〕 Best Yet Market began the process of changing the name of its stores from Best Yet Market to Best Market in 2012.〔("Best Yet Launching New Banner," Supermarket News ), Retrieved October 19, 2013.〕 The process has only affected new openings to-date, but will be applied retroactively to re-brand previously existing stores over time.〔 The company's first store outside New York, in Holmdel, New Jersey, opened in early 2012 as Best Market.〔("Best Market opens its first NJ supermarket in Holmdel," Asbury Park Press ), Retrieved October 17, 2013.〕 Notably, the Holmdel Best Market dedicated 25% of its floor space to produce,〔 and in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the store, powered by an emergency generator, opened to customers and donated most of its undamaged food to local residents impacted by the storm.〔("Best Market Donates Food to Storm Victims" Holmdel-Hazlet Patch ) Retrieved October 27, 2013〕 In 2013, the company expanded into a third state, opening a Best Market location in Newington, Connecticut.〔 The Newington location offers traditional barbecue from an in-house smoker, expanding on a program first offered in its Harlem store.〔 The Newington Best Market also includes an electric car charging station as part of an alliance with Connecticut Electric Car.〔("Electric Car Installs First Smart Charging Station At New Market," ''Hartford Courant'' ) Retrieved November 23, 2013〕〔("CT Electric Car installs smart charging station" ''Hartford Business Journal'' ) Retrieved November 23, 2013〕 Also in 2013, the company's West Babylon location won the "Best Retro Design" award from ''Progressive Grocer'' in that magazine's annual Store Design Contest.〔("Brilliant Blueprints: Progressive Grocer Store Design Contest 2013," ''Progressive Grocer'' ) Retrieved October 20, 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Best Yet Market」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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