Supermarket Owners Join Fight Against Fresh Direct in South Bronx While Activists Fume Over Truck Dump
Daily News
By Daniel Beekman
Supermarket owners are joining South Bronx activists in their food fight against FreshDirect.
The two groups will rally Wednesday at City Hall to protest public subsidies for the online grocer, which plans to relocate its headquarters from Long Island City, Queens to Port Morris/Mott Haven.
The supermarket owners, including Gristedes magnate John Catsimatidis, are calling the subsidies an "unfair competitive advantage" that will harm neighborhood brick and mortar stores.
"When you help somebody you often hurt somebody else," said Morton Sloan, owner of the Morton Williams supermarket chain.
