Wednesday, March 13, 2024

A familiar face returns to Key Food

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy 

We were surprised to see a familiar employee face this week at Key Food. 

After a year of partial retirement, Arrman Mohammed returned to the supermarket on Avenue A and Fourth Street. 

Mohammed, a manager at Key Food, retired last April 29 after a 35-plus year career with the company, the last 10 in the East Village. (He started at Key Food in 1986 as a teenager on Long Island.) 

He said he "got bored of Florida and missed the excitement of NYC and decided to return to the place I know and the people I know." 

Now an NYC resident again, Mohammed is at 52 Avenue A until tomorrow before he heads to the Astoria Key Food on Newtown Avenue. 

He said he'll be back and forth at different stores but will return to the Avenue A location in two weeks. 

Mohammed doesn't have a direct answer about whether he'll be back permanently, offering with a smile: "Perhaps. I go where I am needed."

2 comments:

ck said...

welcome back Mohammed! That's the very friendly vegetable guy in the photo too!

Trixie said...

Yes, shout-out to that produce guy, he goes above and beyond in his duties there!