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Shaw's - Beverly, MA

By Zachary
Shaw's Opened: early 00s Owner:  Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants:  Zayre > Ames Cooperative:  none Location:  71 Dodge St, Beverly, MA Photographed:  May 14, 2022 These days, Star Market is mostly in Boston and its immediate suburbs . But the chain once stretched much farther out from the city, including up here to Beverly about 20 miles north of Boston. Star Market constructed an approximately 53,000 square foot supermarket here at the North Beverly Plaza in the early 1960s. It anchored the mall along with a Zayre department store, later Ames. Shaw's and Star Market were merged into the same company in 1999, and shortly thereafter Ames closed. Shaw's constructed a new, approximately 70,000 square foot supermarket in the former Ames, and it opened in the early 00s replacing the Star Market. Unlike the Boston-area locations, this store never returned to Star Market branding and has remained Shaw's. You enter on the left side of the store to floral and...
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Henry's Market - Beverly, MA

By Zachary
Henry's Market Opened: 2015 under current ownership; 1941 previously Owner:  Jim Crosby / Crosby's Marketplace Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  Associated Grocers of New England Location:  588 Cabot St, Beverly, MA Photographed:  May 14, 2022 In business since 1941, Henry's Market of Beverly, MA is definitely one of the longest-standing grocers in this area -- though not the oldest operating one . Expanded many times to its present 18,000 square feet, the supemarket was taken over in 2015 by the owners of Crosby's Marketplace . Crosby's has mostly left the store as-is, but has brought some of the higher-end prepared foods and other more gourmet offerings into their other locations. The building is laid out a bit strangely because of the many expansions, but it's an attractive and well-run supermarket. The first department we encounter is the produce department, in the front section with some very nice skylights bringing natural light into the rustic-style...
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(UPDATED) The cheapest grocery store in the northeast is...

By Zachary
  It's time for another price comparison! I started this tradition last January , with another one coming out last summer . Now, the same list brings us a new cheapest supermarket. Click below to check out the full list, including comparisons to the past surveys, averages, and lots more. Click here to see the full list! UPDATE 2/7/26: Market Basket, Gristedes, Morton Williams, Sprouts, and King Kullen added!
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Woodbery Food Market - Beverly, MA

By Zachary
Woodbery Food Market Opened: 2014 Owner:  Amit Patel Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  none Location:  157 Essex St, Beverly, MA Photographed:  May 14, 2022 Welcome to the Woodbery Food Market in northeastern Beverly! This independent grocer of just 3000 square feet or so was built in 2014. The name might seem unusual -- Woodbury or Woodberry would be the more common spellings, and in fact there's a historic Woodbury/Woodberry House across town. But there's another historical Woodbery house, the William Woodbery house, just a couple blocks away from this store at 111 Essex St. Woodbery Food Market, an attractive and extensive store for its small size, is part liquor store, part convenience store, and part grocer. Beverages, including beer and wine, are in the first aisle along the front wall, with a few additional aisles of groceries. Meat, deli, and produce are on the back wall of the store with registers on the right-side wall. I didn't see a lot of stor...
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