Industry Retail, Grocery Website Heartslocalgrocers.com | Founder Glenn Kellogg | |
Founded August 15, 2014 (2014-08-15)
Rochester, NY, United States Headquarters 10 Winthrop St, Rochester, NY Owner Rochester Local Capital LLC. | ||
Hart's Local Grocers Hart’s East End LLC is an independent grocery store managed by Rochester Local Capital LLC. It is located in the East End Neighborhood in Rochester, NY.
History and Store Description
The store was named after Hart's Groceries, which had over 100 locations in and around the city Rochester, NY by the 1920s. They were considered one of the first grocer to use store-brand labels and were also the first self-service grocery market. Hart's has attracted considerable interest in Downtown Rochester since its opening was announced in January 2014, primarily because downtown Rochester has not had a full-services grocery since the closing of Midtown Market formerly Wegmans Midtown in 2002. The store's opening coincides with ongoing efforts to redevelop the former Midtown Plaza site on Main Street and the arrival in the downtown area of thousands of new residents in apartments and condominiums. The Mayor of Rochester, NY Lovely Warren, was quoted saying "For too long, downtown has been a food desert, our East End is already vibrant and the addition of will add to the vitality of the neighborhood. The 20,000-square-foot store carries local produce, dairy, meats and baked goods and a wide variety of prepared foods, offering online ordering and online shopping. The grocery, is independently owned and financed in part through a private investor group. The store is next to the Little Theatre (Rochester, New York).