Market Basket Opened: ca. 1990s Owner: DeMoulas family Previous Tenants: unknown Cooperative: none Location: 71 Sack Blvd, Leominster, MA Photographed: April 7, 2023 It's been a while since we last saw a Market Basket, but as we inch closer to their home territory of northeastern Massachusetts, we'll see more and more of them. The Montachusett Region alone has three between Leominster and Fitchburg, but once we get into Middlesex County, we'll be seeing plenty more. This is a mid-sized Market Basket, a chain whose stores can be over 100,000 square feet or as small as in the 35,000 square foot range. This one clocks in at 65,000 square feet. But inside, it looks exactly like every single other Market Basket. That's not a bad thing, they tend to be extremely well-maintained, perfectly clean, and stocked fully. Below you can see a single light burnt out -- I think that was the single burnt-out light in the entire Market Basket chain. We enter the store to ais...
Bourbeau's Market Opened: 1984 under current ownership Owner: John Grimley Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: none Location: 192 Water St, Leominster, MA Photographed: April 7, 2023 Boubeau's Market has been here in Leominster for decades, and keeps going strong! It's a small independent grocer and liquor store of just 3000 square feet, and we begin our tour by looking at some historical photos they've posted in the front window. We see the store was previously an IGA -- and I don't know if it's always been in this location; this building dates back to about the 1960s, but it looks like these pictures are of an older, street-front location. And in that picture on the left, is that the old market being demolished? Here's how the store is set up these days: Inside, it feels like a convenience store but has a couple aisles of groceries and a deli and butcher counter in the back. Tomorrow it's time to see another Market Basket. It's just a quarter...