Last days for 50-year-old Glory’s Market in Jackson
JACKSON - Construction fencing has gone up around Glory’s Market, a township landmark, a precursor to the demolition of the building and construction of a Wawa convenience store.
The corner of Cedar Swamp Road and West Commodore Boulevard has been known as “Glory’s Corner.” It has been a grocery and liquor store for 50 years, but the Glorys have had businesses there for about a century.
In mid-2021, Dreamview LLC, a company comprised of members of the Glory
family, won approval to divide the property, which sits at the corner of Cedar Swamp Road and West Commodore Boulevard.
A 4,736-square-foot Wawa convenience store with 16 fueling stations is to be built at the corner. Next door is a new 5,200-square-foot building for Glory’s Liquor Mart, which is already under construction. Plans also call for an 8,500-square-foot pharmacy with a drive-up lane.
“In today’s day and age, it’s not easy (to run a small business),” Clara Glory, wife of Glory’s co-owner George Glory, said in a 2021 interview with the Asbury Park Press. “We decided a couple years ago that, with all of the offers, it was time to semi-retire.” George Glory passed away in October 2023 at age 74.
A Wawa spokesperson could not reached for comment on when a new convenience store might be ready to open.
David P. Willis, an award-winning business writer, has covered business, retail, real estate and consumer news at the Asbury Park Press for 25 years. He writes APP.com’s What’s Going There column and can be reached at dwillis@gannettnj.com. Please sign up for his weekly newsletter and join his What’s Going There page on Facebook for updates.