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Market 32 - Marlborough, MA

By Zachary
Market 32 Opened: 2021 Owner:  Northeast Grocery Previous Tenants:  Price Chopper (late 1990s-2021) Cooperative:  none Location:  240 E Main St, Marlborough, MA Photographed:  March 26, 2025 It's time for a look at a Market 32! It's been a while since we've seen a store owned by Northeast Grocery, which runs Price Chopper, Market 32, Market Bistro, and Tops stores. This one was built in the 1990s as a Price Chopper, converting to Market 32 in 2021 after some renovation. It's a nice store, but definitely a far cry from the deluxe Market 32 stores . A programming note: this store is actually back in Middlesex County, about eight miles northwest of Framingham  (where today's other post is ). But I inconveniently visited this store less than a week after I finished posting the Framingham-area stores. We also recently saw the Hannaford here in Marlborough , the only other supermarket in town, which is slated to become a Shaw's and closed in September. So now we...
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Big Boi Meat Market - Framingham, MA

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Big Boi Meat Market Opened: summer 2022 Owner:  Maycan Groner Alvarenga Previous Tenants:  Tedeschi Food Shops Cooperative:  none Location:  430 Waverly St, Framingham, MA Photographed:  August 27, 2025 We return to Framingham very briefly to see the city's Big Boi Meat Market, opened in the summer of 2022 in a former Tedeschi convenience store -- I'm not sure what was here before them -- joining locations in Worcester and Shrewsbury , among a few others. Today's other post is a look at a Market 32 a bit outside of Framingham, so check that out here , and tomorrow we're headed south over towards Milford!
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Trader Joe's - Acton, MA

By Zachary
Trader Joe's Opened: ca. 2000 Owner:  Aldi Nord Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  145 Great Rd, Acton, MA Photographed:  May 20, 2025 Welcome back to Acton! On our first pass through town, we saw almost every supermarket in town. Check out the old and new Stop & Shop , the Roche Brothers , Idylwilde Farms , Mei Ya , and Donelan's . But we missed one store: this Trader Joe's, which takes up about 13,000 square feet on the southeastern side of town. Inside, it's a pretty standard Trader Joe's. Produce is on the left side, with dairy and cheese on the back wall. Frozen foods are in the middle, with meat and nonfoods in the last aisle. The grocery aisles run diagonally across the middle of the store, with frozen foods in the middle. This was one of the relatively early Trader Joe's in the Boston area, opening around 2000. The first stores in the Boston area opened in Cambridge and Brookline in 1996. Upright and single-tier frozen foods...
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Update: Market 32 - Worcester, MA (Main Middle)

By Zachary
Market 32 Opened: October 2025 Owner: Northeast Grocery Previous Tenants: McCracken Markets > Iandoli Super Markets > Price Chopper (ca. late 1980s-2025) Cooperative: none Location: 221-223 Park Ave, Worcester, MA Photographed: November 22, 2025 We're back here in Worcester for a look at the city's newest Market 32, which switched from Price Chopper in October. Work continues to be ongoing at the store, so let's check in and see what's happening. A disclaimer: these pictures were actually taken about two weeks ago -- I've been behind in posting -- so I'm sure more work has been done since. But the produce department is looking fresh with new fixtures, paint, and lighting. I'm a big fan of the track lighting here, which I think almost always elevates a supermarket's appearance. I'm not so crazy about the fact that the ceiling appears to have already been painted, then had the recessed lighting removed. I imagine Market 32 will paint the mis...
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