brooklyn new york u.s. 1946 manhattan new york u.s. founder louis balducci headquarters germantown maryland area served connecticut new york maryland virginia key people judy spires ceo products specialty gourmet parent kings super markets website balduccis.com manhattan 2008 balducci s food lover s market is a specialty gourmet food retailer in the united states with six grocery stores . 1 the company headquarters is in germantown maryland . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 balducci s after 2005 2 in fiction 3 references 4 external links history edit balducci s was the first company in new york city to sell premium quality foods with a butcher fishmonger delicatessen and greengrocer all in the same store . 3 it became a model for specialty markets all over the city . 3 4 in 1999 balducci enterprises became a subsidiary of sutton place gourmet a maryland based company . 5 sales for the combined company were more than 130 million per year . 5 the flagship store in greenwich village closed earlier in january 2003 . 6 in november 2003 the company was purchased by an investment group led by bear stearns merchant banking . balducci s after 2005 edit the new flagship store on eighth avenue at 14th street in manhattan opened in december 2005 . 7 following its opening local 1500 of the united food and commercial workers union began protesting outside the store against the non unionized status of employees . 8 right now we are restructuring our company said jennifer barton marketing director with balducci s llc . we had to close some of our under performing stores . citation needed there are currently six full service retail stores in connecticut maryland virginia and new york scarsdale . in 2012 balducci s returned to new york with balducci s gourmet on the go caf in hearst tower which serves prepared meals and soups as well as a gourmet salad and coffee bar . 9 there are four balducci s express locations three in jfk airport in new york and one at the leesburg corner premium outlets in virginia . 1 there is also a balducci s gourmet on the go caf located in the bloomberg children s center in johns hopkins hospital . 10 in april 2009 balducci s was sold to kings food markets a portfolio company of angelo gordon and co. . 11 the current ceo is judy spires . in fiction edit in the popular television sitcom will and grace the character will truman regularly visited the original greenwich village store in new york before it was closed in 2003 . in a scene from the movie fatso the character dominick anthony dom dinapoli played by actor dom deluise visits a weight loss clinic with a bag of groceries from balducci s. in a scene of the movie 25th hour the character montgomery monty brogan played by edward norton mentions balducci s in his soliloquy in front of the mirror . in larry kramer s play the normal heart set in the 1980s characters ned and felix eat balducci s gourmet ice cream which they say cost 18 per pint . in a scene from the 2006 movie just my luck the character ashley albright played by lindsay lohan brings a bag of balducci s pastries to work for her friends . in a scene from the 1998 romantic comedy film the object of my affection characters sidney miller alan alda george hanson paul rudd nina borowski jennifer aniston constance miller allison janney and vince mcbride john pankow gather in the kitchen enjoying gourmet foods from balducci s at a kitchen table apparent from the balducci s paper grocery bags vince mcbride brings to nina and george s apartment in brooklyn for dinner . references edit a b balducci s store locations . balduccis.com . retrieved 2013 12 04 . contact us . balducci s. retrieved on december 24 2013 . balducci s 12920 cloverleaf center drive suite b germantown md 20874 a b balducci s a house divided stands in name only the new york times june 28 2000 in rough market a slow market balducci s suffers the new york times . a b sutton place balducci s in partnership the new york times . balducci s flagship closes in the village ; a new site is planned the new york times . a new balducci s back downtown the new york times december 14 2005 lining up at balducci s and not for the salmon the new york times march 6 2006 fickenscher lisa . balducci s returns to nyc . crains new york . dining options . retrieved january 24 2013 . balducci s sold . westportnow.com . 2009 04 15 . retrieved 2013 12 04 . external links edit balduccis.com balducci s food lovers market official website v t e supermarket chains in the united states kroger baker s supermarkets city market dillons food stores food 4 less foods co. fred meyer fry s food & drug gerbes super markets harris teeter jay c king soopers kroger owen s pay less super markets qfc ralphs roundy s pick n save mariano s metro market copp s ruler foods scott s smith s albertsons acme markets albertsons amigos carrs haggen jewel osco lucky market street pavilions randalls safeway shaw s and star market super saver tom thumb united supermarkets vons 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