Brick: Back in the good old days the plaza featured Cost Cutters and Blockbuster Video. Now those places are just memories to us. However times change, and there’s a need for more grocery stores in town. Lidl recently made their introduction to Ocean County last Fall in Lacey, and now they’re expanding again.

It was announced a while ago that Lidl planned to occupy the old Cost Cutters, and now construction is well underway. No exact timetable has been announced, but hopefully it goes quick as there’s a lot of work to do yet.

On the North side of town the new Corrados Market is being built in a portion of the old PathMark store. Both grocery stores are highly anticipated to open in town to give residents a choice for shopping. Most people dread fighting the traffic and aggravation at the Shop-Rite store in the center of town.