Construction On New Supermarket In The Caldwells Is Underway

WEST CALDWELL, NJ — The march towards a “state-of-the-art” new supermarket has begun in West Caldwell.

On Tuesday, local officials joined Sunrise ShopRite at a groundbreaking ceremony for its new store at 900 Bloomfield Avenue.

The new store will replace the current ShopRite of West Caldwell at 540 Passaic Avenue, which opened in 1967. Construction is expected to be completed in fall of 2025.

Here’s what to expect, according to a news release:

“Encompassing nearly 90,000 square feet, the new ShopRite of West Caldwell will be nearly twice the size of the existing store and offer customers a state-of-the-art space, expanded produce, meat, and seafood departments and a wide variety of prepared, ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat gourmet meals crafted by trained chefs. The supermarket will also include a wine and spirits department.”

Sunrise ShopRite also operates a grocery store in Parsippany.

According to the company, Sunrise ShopRite’s local roots date back to 1940, when Nathan Gladstein opened his first small food store, Sunrise Market, in Caldwell. Irving Gladstein, Nathan's son, took over the business after his father’s passing in 1948. Gladstein joined the supermarket cooperative Wakefern Food Corp. in 1951 and transitioned his Sunrise Market to ShopRite. The current West Caldwell ShopRite store opened in 1967.

In 1980, Irving Gladstein's son, Ned, expanded the business with the first Parsippany ShopRite location. Today, Dara Sblendorio, Ned’s daughter, serves as president of Sunrise ShopRite, representing the fourth generation of the grocery family.

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