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Market Basket - Nashua, NH (Northwest Blvd)

Market Basket Opened: ca. 1990 Owner: Demoulas family Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: none Location: 34 Northwest Blvd, Nashua, NH Photographed:  July 2, 2026 Time to tour a Nashua Market Basket! The city has three, plus a handful in the various suburbs, and we'll be taking a look at a few over the next couple weeks. This store is in the far northwestern corner of Nashua, where the city intersects with Hollis, Merrimack , and Milford . It was built in the 90s, possibly replacing an older store in this mall or elsewhere, and measures around 70,000 square feet. Dairy is in the first aisle on the left side, with seafood and deli at the back of the first aisle. Meat lines the rest of the back wall, with produce and frozen on the right side. This store has the updated Market's Kitchen and bakery departments in the front-right corner, but no cafe, so it's clear it's an older and updated store rather than a newer one. Though it was busy, this also feels like it's ...
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Shaw's - Milford, NH

Shaw's Opened: ca. late 1990s Owner: Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: none Location: 586 Nashua St, Milford, NH Photographed:  November 21, 2023 Having seen Merrimack to the north of Nashua, now we're headed slightly west to Milford  to take a quick look at a Shaw's. It looks to be on the larger side -- around 75,000 square feet -- and had its original 1990s signage until a ca. 2023 or so remodel. Now, it looks like a pretty straightforward Shaw's both inside and out. In addition to a Market Basket across town, Milford was previously home to one of the short-lived Super Stop & Shop outposts in New Hampshire. We've seen Exeter and Bedford , which became Hannafords, but this one is now an Ocean State Job Lot , which only fills part of the former supermarket. At 70,000 square feet, this Milford Stop & Shop is actually slightly smaller than the Shaw's. Tomorrow, we're rounding out the week with The Market Report's first...

Shaw's - Merrimack, NH (Continental)

Shaw's Opened: ca. 2007 Owner: Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: none Location: 7 Continental Blvd, Merrimack, NH Photographed: July 2, 2026 Merrimack's two supermarkets are both Shaw's, and stepping into the one on the north end of town feels like stepping back 25 years. This one is also a bit of a relic, but it looks far better today and also seems to be higher volume. Shaw's constructed this store between 2005 and 2008, or about seven years after the 570 Daniel Webster Highway one. (There are multiple other Shaw's on Daniel Webster Highway in other towns.) At about 55,000 square feet, this one is smaller than the Daniel Webster one. This pairing is intriguing to me, too, as this store has a lot in common with the Indian Lake Shaw's in Worcester, while the other store in town feels like the Webster Square Shaw's . (Both Worcester stores are more updated and higher volume, though, it seems.) You can see the parallels of the ol...