IIRC that law is for sites within 10 miles of the border, and then only with local approval.
IIRC it’s only for sites within 10 miles of the border, and then only with local approval.
Now that the offer has been made to the board, the company is “in play”, and likely will be sold to the highest bidder according to their fiduciary responsibility. That seems unlikely to be Arthur T and his partners.
No, the Malden Stop & Shop sells liquor, and it’s not within 10 miles of a state border, unless you count the ocean.
I think you’re thinking of the liquor sales on Sunday law - liquor stores could only be open on Sunday if they’re in a town within 10 or 15 miles of a border with a state that allows liquor sales on Sunday. I believe that’s been revoked though, and any liquor store can open on Sunday.
Arthur T, but put me in with those who don’t see this ending well.
I’m just an overpriced Stop & Shop / Trader Joe’s / Whole Foods shopper these days, so it won’t affect me a ton either way. When I was younger, there was a Market Basket across the street from my grandmother’s house and we did grocery shopping for her a lot as she got older, so I’ve got relatively good feelings associated with the chain (let’s go to Demoulas, you can get some whoopie pies!). The closest one is a 20-25 minute drive out of the way, so as much as I’d love a bargain choice for the basic stuff, it’s not a realistic option.
I’m almost in the middle between the two closest MBs to me One is a hair closer but it’s not as easy to get to as the other one. Both are in the same 20-30 minute time frame.
I love a bargain too, but unless I’m doing a pantry stock-up, there’s no sense making a weekly trip to either one. I’m blessed to live within a 5-mile radius of three of MB’s competitors plus a TJ’s and a Whole Foods, so I pick and choose, depending on who’s having what on sale.
Latest update is that the only offer on the table is from Team T. The saner minds are around the clock negotiating. The MB effect is telling: In New Bedford, they opened ONE MB. EVERY Shaws closed.
Why are only Massholes allowed an opinion? 
Over a third of MB locations are in New Hampshire and there’s even one in Maine.
MB is my usual market, but I haven’t shopped there since the current brouhaha began and don’t plan to until it’s settled. I am inclined to support Artie T., though I’m not sure how far I would trust either faction. It almost seems like Arthur S. and his lot would rather see the demise of the whole company than to let Artie T. win. The swing vote is that of Rafaele Evans, who is from Arthur S.'s side of the family (his sister-in-law, I think) but who until recently supported Arthur T. I hope she’ll be the voice of reason in whatever the final settlement is.
For a while I speculated that Wegmans might buy the chain, but that looks unlikely. For one thing, Wegmans prefers to expand organically. The two companies do have quite a lot in common though: they’re both privately held family companies that respect their customers and have well trained loyal employees. Wegmans has been looking to expand into New England, but they have bigger stores, higher prices, higher quality, and a much better selection.
I had shopped at Shaw’s for nearly all my grocery shopping years before the New Bedford Market Basket opened. I was growing tired of Shaw’s limited selection and high prices (the Fairhaven one) and I was amazed at the difference in price and selection at Market Basket. Market Basket is also just about two minutes from my house. I was not at all upset by the closure of Shaw’s.
Were I still in Reading, I likely would boycott them simply because they apparently don’t have much in stock. I only got dry and canned goods there, anyway (meat came from Stop and Shop; fruit and veggies from Calareso’s); and always planned on at least one thing on my list being out of stock. Prices made up for that inconvenience, and also for it being just about impossible to move around the store and to find a parking place.
It’s pretty upsetting – the local Market Basket was excellent – low prices and excellent meats and produce. From what I hear, the chain was quite profitable and they had loyal customers. Those don’t seem like the normal conditions under which you fire a CEO. So I’m guessing that the Arthur S. side of the family just wants to siphon money out of the chain .
So – Arthur T. Haven’t shopped there since this began, which is a problem because the local Shaws and Stop & Shop are expensive, further away, and have wretched produce sections.
Before all this I knew nothing about Arthur S vs Arthur T, but if the employees are for Arthur T then I guess he’s the good guy. I like MB, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. The other supermarkets in this area are too expensive (Shaw’s, Star, Stop & Shop, etc.) (Yes Whole Foods is expensive but we buy most of our staples at MB.)
Never shopped there, on workers’ side, paradoxically.
I last shopped there in the 90s, so it’s possible (probable even!) that technology has enabled them to alleviate some of the checkout problems. Glad to hear it, for the sanity of their shoppers!
I will only shop at Stop & Shop under duress, and I grudgingly pick up odds and ends at the Porter Star because it’s super convenient on my commute home. I’m otherwise a Wegmans, Whole Foods and Roche Bros (delivery) girl.
ETA: I miss Johnnie’s
Was on Facebook, supposedly the deposed CEO will return within 48 hrs.
You ain’t kidding!
That is the WORST Stop & Shop that I’ve ever been too. I go miles out of my way to avoid that one.
Me too. Every day.
I have no MB near me, so I don’t really follow this whole story too much. I came into the thread to fight my ignorance a little. It’s ok enough, but I don’t get the love for it. I guess when I factor in how long it takes to get to one, how crowded it is, and how long I have to wait in line, I don’t really care about the $5 I saved.
The older stores that date from the era of internecine warfare look like something out of the Eisenhower era. The newer ones before the current shenanigans make the most inviting Stop & Shop look blah.
I took my 82 year old mother to a new one, and her jaw was on the floor the whole time. Now if we could just get one in Fall River–the closed Shaw’s might be a good site, but word is it is too small.
Between the boycott and the empty shelves, they have been losing millions of dollars a day for weeks. If the family feud goes on long enough, they will end up bankrupt. How likely is this to happen?
What is “Market Basket”?
A New England supermarket chain, currently caught in a family squabble which has shutdown 71 locations, at a a cost of 8-10 million dollars a day.