We've been in Middlesex County for about two months now, starting in the Lowell/Chelmsford area and then moving south through the Acton/Burlington/Concord area. We're now in the southern part of the county, taking a look at the grocers in and around Framingham! We're only seeing a few stores here -- this is not nearly full, exhaustive coverage of every store around here -- so we're only here for about two weeks, starting Monday. I'm taking a couple days off regular posting until then. We'll take a couple of days to see Ashland, a suburb south of Framingham (which itself is a small city around 70,000 people), then the downtown area, and then moving up north of the city to the route 9 retail corridor with stops in northern Framingham and Natick. And if you're interested in previewing what's next, we're going to head down to the southeastern corner of the state (along with a handful of stops in Rhode Island again), then circle up to Boston. Monday...
Market Basket Opened: 2013 Owner: DeMoulas family Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: none Location: 8 Highland Common E, Hudson, MA Photographed: July 7, 2024 It's time for our final stop in the central Middlesex County area! The Market Basket here in Hudson is the largest store in town, where we've also seen the Shaw's and Stop & Shop . At 75,000 square feet, this is nearly double the size of the much smaller Shaw's. It was built in 2013, so while it's over ten years old it still feels very new. Inside, it's exactly what we'd expect from a Market Basket. Spacious, clean, well-stocked, expansive, and completely boring. The dairy aisle is the first aisle, on the right side of the store. Seafood and deli are at the back of the first aisle with cold cuts in the second aisle, meats line the rest of the back wall, and produce is on the left side. Bakery and prepared foods are in the front-left corner. Market Basket stores get very crowded at busy time...