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Eat your fruits and vegetables.
Thanks to Three Guys
from Brooklyn, they’re affordable
and good quality.
The fruit-and-vegetable
emporium, started by hardworking
Brooklynite Stanley
Zimmerman in 1975, has
done its part to keep residents
healthy for more than
35 years. Now that’s staying
power.
While so many other
fruit stands have gone the
way of white disco suits,
Three Guys from Brooklyn
has kept its eye on satisfying
a consumer need — consistently
providing fresh,
delicious fruits and vegetables
to its customers, all at
affordable prices.
This goal was accomplished
by three men with
street smarts. It was 1978
when Zimmerman expanded
the business, moving
it to a new location, and
bringing his brother, Howard,
and his brother-in-law,
Harry, into the fold. These
straight-shooters called
this venture Three Guys
from Brooklyn.
Today, the three guys
that run it — Zimmerman’s
son, Scott, and business
partners Philip Penta and
Philip Penta Jr. — maintain
that same vision.
“We make sure the rich
and the poor can afford the
finest fruits and vegetables,
no matter what their budget,”
says Penta Jr.
“It’s easy to sell low quality
at a cheap price,” he says,
about the other fruit stands.
“We try to give people top
quality at a good value.”
They also carry just
about everything — more
than 300 fruit and vegetables,
including some you
may not have tried, like
dragon fruit, star fruit, and
culantro, an herb popular
in the Caribbean and Latin
America. If you’re sick
of the same old same old,
you’ve come to the right
place.
Three Guys from Brooklyn
stocks a variety of grocery
items, too, so shopping
there saves you time
as well as money. As our
borough is so diverse, there
are items of interest to all
ethnicities.
“We’re home to everyone
from everywhere,” says
Penta Jr.
Take advantage of the
store’s loyalty program.
Customers earn points on
every purchase, and these
points are redeemed for
gift cards, good on future
purchases. Special promotions
offer double points,
so you can earn rewards
faster. You don’t have to be
a mathematician to figure
out that’s a good deal.
Three Guys is also committed
to conducting its
day-to-day operations in an
environmentally responsible
manner that is above
and beyond the regulations
mandated by the city,
says Penta Jr. That’s good
news for Three Guys from
Brooklyn and for the rest of
us, too.
This company cares
about the environment.
“Our sustainability effort
is one of the most aggressive
in the city,” says
Penta Jr. “We have on-site
composting machines that
break down solid waste
into water, keeping trailers
off the road and waste out
of landfills.”
By converting solid food
waste into liquid, it becomes
suitable for conventional
sewer systems.
“We’re the very first
green grocer in Brooklyn
to address the problem,” he
says.
These efforts help the
immediate neighborhood.
Unsightly waste is not lining
the streets, attracting
vermin, and causing foul
odors to linger.
“We’re mindful of our
neighbors’ welfare,” he
says.
Three Guys from Brooklyn
6502 Ft. Hamilton
Pkwy. at 65th Street in
Bay Ridge, (718) 748–8340,
www.3GuysFromBrooklyn.
com. Open seven days a
week, 24 hours a day, even
holidays.
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