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ommuters and customers have 
noticed the new name of the 
kosher supermarket at Greenfield 
just north of 10 Mile Road. A big sign 
advertises it as The Grove. 
More has changed than just the name, 
according to the owner, Shlomo Goldman: 
“In 2019, we began a total renovation.
”
The look of the store has changed to 
match the decor of The Grove supermar-
kets in Delray Beach, Miami Beach, Boca 
Raton and Hollywood, Fla. “It is like a 
Starbucks. When you walk in, you recog-
nize it immediately. You are in The Grove.
” 
According to Goldman, “Everything in 
our store should reflect our brand as an 
upscale operation, competing with Whole 
Foods and Plum Market. Our shopping 
bags are the highest quality. The renova-
tion of our store in Southfield is not just 
cosmetic, on the surface. We did a total 
remodel.
”
Changes and planned changes go 
beyond appearance. Goldman looks for-
ward to expanding the services offered at 
The Grove in Southfield. 
The wine department has already 
expanded, now including a wide selection 
of fine wines.
“We look forward to adding online ser-
vice, so customers can order from our web-
site. We hope to institute home delivery, 

even as far as West Bloomfield, Bloomfield 
Hills, and we are working on a few days a 
week delivery to Ann Arbor.
”
Goldman tells us to look for new offer-
ings in prepared foods. He hopes to soon 
have a sushi counter, expanded pizza ser-
vices and a “Grab and Go” section offering 
“a variety of fresh salads, sandwiches, 
wraps, meat dishes, dairy dishes, chicken 
dishes, kugels and so much more,
” accord-
ing to spokesperson Rachel Yudewitz.

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Also new is “Hot Tables” on Thursdays and 
Friday. Yudewitz describes it as “items to 
make your Shabbos easy, such as roasted 
vegetables, mashed potatoes, pulled BBQ 
beef egg rolls, lemon pepper chicken, 
schnitzel, potato kugel and cholent.
” 
Goldman summarizes the goal: “Ideally, 
this will not be just ‘another supermarket.
’ 
We want this to be a shopping experience. 
I always want the customers to walk out 
with a smile on their faces.
” 
He looks forward to capping off the 

renovation with a major event: “With 
COVID, the renovation has taken longer 
than we anticipated, but now we are look-
ing forward to a grand opening when the 
situation permits, when COVID recedes. I 
do not want to promise a specific date — it 

depends on when we feel safe having a 
large event. 
Goldman is also working on opening a 
new store in Cleveland. He said he began 
in the food business at the age of 18, 
running the grocery store in a bungalow 
colony in Ellenville, N.Y., in the heart of 
the Catskills. “We sold to the people in 
our colony and wholesale to the canteens 
in other colonies. It was a tiny store, 1,200 
square feet.
” 
That was his start in the food business, 
more than 30 years ago: “
Actually, my 

OUR COMMUNITY

The Grove redesigns Southfi
 eld 
store after Florida model.
The Grove redesigns Southfi
 eld 

Super Kosher 
Supermarket

LOUIS FINKELMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

“WE HOPE TO INSTITUTE HOME DELIVERY, 
EVEN AS FAR AS WEST BLOOMFIELD.”

— SHLOMO GOLDMAN

JERRY ZOLYNSKY

A view of the fresh 
produce aisle at
The Grove

The former One Stop 
Kosher has undergone 
a complete makeover.

