What I saw before the start of the Market Basket Rally
Tewksbury Mass. 9:33 AM 8/5/14 Several hours before the scheduled start of the latest Market Basket Rally hundreds of people were already assembled in the parking lot of the Tewksbury store #8 where...
View ArticleSay goodbye to 20,000 Market Basket Jobs
I can’t say I’m surprised by this development: NEW BEDFORD – Part timers at the New Bedford Market Basket left work en masse today, taking with them their last paycheck and a slip of paper with a...
View ArticleMeanwhile back at Market Basket…
…things continue to crash and burn in a figurative sense: A Boston fish company and one of the biggest seafood suppliers to Market Basket cut ties with the supermarket chain Monday. The fish company’s...
View ArticleQuick Market Basket Victory thoughts
Heard about the Market Basket Deal just a few minutes ago (11:20 PM) and here is what comes to mind. Tomorrow I have shopping to do. The financing of the deal is going to have to be paid for somehow....
View ArticleMarket Basket Store #14 Fitchburg 8:10 AM
After a late night and an early Mass I headed down to the closest Market Basket to see what people were saying and to pick up some of the groceries that I’ve done without for the past month. I hit the...
View ArticleMarket Basket Timing is everything
Dr. Peter Venkman: If I’m wrong, nothing happens! We go to jail – peacefully, quietly. We’ll enjoy it! But if I’m *right*, and we *can* stop this thing… Lenny, you will have saved the lives of millions...
View ArticleMarket Basket Update Store #14 Fitchburg 4:34 PM
What a difference a day makes Yesterday I reported that Market Basket was slowing coming back to normal but today I can report that the adjective slowly doesn’t cut it. On thursday at noon the parking...
View ArticleThe Final Victory of Arthur T Demoulas
For 35 days stores like Stop & Shop, Hannafords and Shaws reaped the windfall from the Market Basket Work Action. I wondered during that time if they would take the chance to drop prices to compete...
View ArticleThe GOP Market Basket surge that might have been
Name a company and we could get them. Except one. We were never able to get a Market Basket employee to jump ship. Arthur (Jay) DiGeronimo Jr. Lorenzo: The saddest thing in life is wasted talent. A...
View ArticleThe Final Victory of Arthur T Demoulas Market Basket Named #1 Grocery Chain...
It’s been just over a year since when the end of the Market Basket wars when an employee strike resulted in beloved owner Arthur T Demoulas returning as CEO of the new england chain. Some people might...
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