Fairway Hiring for April Ribbon-Cutting
SchuermanMatthew Grace chimed in on The Real Estate last week with this post featuring a photo of the bulletin board at popular local spot Baked. With the April opening date starting to loom large, Fairway is still looking for a few good men and women. At hourly pay rates of $7.75 to $9.00, however, TRE…
SchuermanMatthew Grace chimed in on The Real Estate last week with this post featuring a photo of the bulletin board at popular local spot Baked. With the April opening date starting to loom large, Fairway is still looking for a few good men and women. At hourly pay rates of $7.75 to $9.00, however, TRE reckons Fairway workers will bring down a whopping $14,000 to $19,000 a year. “Is this supposed to lift Red Hook out of its economic malaise?” the blog asks. But, wait, don’t forget about the supermarket’s guarantee that every worker gets a 25 cent raise every three months. Oh, now they’ll be able to afford a loft in the neighborhood.
Fairway Opens Soon [The Real Estate]
Now Hiring! [Red Hook Jobs]
Has anyone actually shopped at Fairway before? Yes, they have lots of luxury goods. But the regular prices are very reasonable – much less than Met, Key Food, Pathmark. The produce prices are great and the quality high. As for the $ per hour – how many fast food restaurants are there in NYC that pay minimum wage? They are paying 40% above what they HAVE to pay their employees. I think they should be commended for that.
walnuts: serious or a joke? hopefully a joke or some tutoring is badly needed on your part.
yes but the food will be way deliciouser than that which can be purchased at neighbor hood eateries such as IKEa or met-foods; there fore, even if it costs more to obtain a bagget with prociuto or salad bar with arugolla why cant the poor and dissadvantaged (such as they who live in the bad red hook houses) merely purchase a smaller portion?? perhaps it would be healthier for them in the long run anyway’s! Further more they will have exposal to pro-duce and vegetbles they might not other wise have acces to such as burduck root and jerusilem artichoaks. Perhaps if they find it tasty they will become intersted in pursuing cuisenes like these for a career which will enable them to move up in the world (for example to own a nicer apartment, sports car, black berry PDA &tc)? Hence forth, i feel it will be benificial to needy and rich folks a’like.
if the service at this new fairway is going to be anything like the service at home depot or lowe’s, i’ll remain happy giving my business to the local mom & pop stores…
“Where in Red Hook will the Fairways be located?”
The end of Van Brunt Street–across from the space where BWAC has art shows in the Spreing. Summer, and Fall.
I find it hard to believe that the prices at Fairway will be any more expensive than what is now available outside Red Hook, i.e., Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Cobble Hill, the Heights. The prices in our nabes are outrageous to begin with, so at the very least, Fairway will, in all likelihood, be competitive. Unfair to the poor in Red Hook? Of course. Just as it is unfair to those who have lived in our “pricier” nabes for decades and now find themselves struggling to survive on minimal incomes…whether retired or still working.
Where in Red Hook will the Fairways be located?
I don’t know what the prices will be like at Fairway, but my guess is that for the basics, the prices and the quality will probably be better than the current stores in the area. The highest prices are often in the poorest areas where people have fewer choices and limited transportation. Sure, the prociutto may be out of reach, but the flour, zuchini and bananas won’t be.
that is so obnoxious! do you have any idea how hard it is for young, unskilled workers to find any employment in brooklyn these days? bringing decent, stable jobs to the area, even if they are low-paying “service” jobs, is a huge benefit to these neighborhoods (even park slope and carroll gardens, for that matter).