D'Agostino Quietly Shopping Manhattan Stores

D’Agostino, one of the city’s last independent, family-owned grocers, has been quietly shopping its remaining nine Manhattan stores, The Post has learned.

The 84-year-old business had 13 stores a year ago — down from 26 at its peak — and has closed several this year alone. It’s getting squeezed by Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, FreshDirect and other rivals, as well as leases that were too expensive to renew.

Among those interested in buying D’Agostino stores is Key Food, a cooperative that bought the Food Emporium brand and some of its stores in the A&P bankruptcy last year, according to sources.

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