{"id":74036,"date":"2025-07-19T00:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T00:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/74036\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T00:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T00:41:25","slug":"jubilee-marketplace-grocery-store-is-listening-to-customers-and-lowering-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/74036\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubilee Marketplace Grocery Store Is Listening to Customers and Lowering Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jubilee<\/a>, a local New York grocery store chain, most known for its location in Greenpoint, has taken a brave and bold step by\u2026 listening to its customers. Young Kim\u2019s shop already had a loyal following that gained momentum over a year ago due to its wildly inexpensive (and actually good) $2.75 burger<\/a>; later, Kim added equally affordable deals on rotisserie chicken and bibimbap buffet, particularly in its Fidi outpost. But some complained on channels like Reddit that, while the prepared foods deals couldn\u2019t be beat, the groceries \u2014 no matter how vast the selection (including New York-based brands otherwise hard to find) \u2014 were too high-priced. This week, Kim is making amends and posted to Instagram <\/a>saying, \u201cI\u2019m sorry for the shitty high prices and you were right. I thought I was putting the right mark up but if the majority of the community is saying it\u2019s too expensive, then it\u2019s too expensive, end of story.\u201d<\/p>\n

The timing is spot-on: As consumers brace for another round of price hikes at all grocery stores \u2013 in part because of President Trump\u2019s whiplash tariffs<\/a> \u2013 people are anxious. So far, Young has lowered some prices around his shop, but he has about \u201c20,000 items\u201d more. It\u2019s a move that caught the attention of the New York Times <\/a>yesterday. \u201cJubilee\u2019s prices tallied to $30 more expensive than a nearby chain store,\u201d Kim told the publication. \u201cThat\u2019s a number that you can\u2019t really ignore.\u201d Will Kim be able to stay in business as he drops prices to match bigger stores? \u201cI don\u2019t know if he fully understands the consequences,\u201d videographer Rob Martinez<\/a> \u2013 who also sat down with Kim \u2013 told author Pete Wells, \u201cI assume he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new 99 Ranch in Flushing has an opening date<\/p>\n

Asian market chain 99 Ranch<\/a> will debut in Flushing at 37-11 Main Street, between 37th and 38th avenues, on July 25<\/a>. To celebrate the opening, the shop will have specials all weekend, as well as a lion dance and a ribbon-cutting ceremony.<\/p>\n

After opening in February<\/a>, Golden HOF and NY Kimchi \u2014 the combination, bi-level Korean restaurants near Rockefeller Center (16 W. 48th Street, near Fifth Avenue)\u2014 is simplifying. Owner Sam Yoo is taking two separate menus and folding items from both spots into a singular brand<\/a>, calling the restaurant Golden Hof Korean Bar & Grill<\/a>. The streamline will be easier for guests to understand, says Yoo, who also owns downtown\u2019s Golden Diner. Moving forward, it will be one menu on both floors \u2013 aside from the Korean barbecue, which will be in the grill room on the lower level.<\/p>\n