Welcome to Massachusetts! I hope you had a great spring break, and check out the Spring Memorabilia Extravaganza if you haven't yet! It's time to get serious about New England, and that means starting Massachusetts. Given that I lived here for five years (most of that time in Worcester, but some time in Boston), my coverage is pretty extensive in and around those cities -- but limited in some areas, like here in western Massachusetts, because I didn't have a car and my trusty bike would only get me so far. For the next two weeks or so, we'll be in western Mass a little and then around Springfield for a longer time. We're going to make stops in Lee, which is in the Berkshires, and then near Springfield in South Hadley, Holyoke, Chicopee, and then into Springfield itself, with one final stop in Ludlow just east of the city for good measure. This is Big Y country, with the regional chain's headquarters in Springfield, but there are also other chains out here and quite a few independents. We're going to start with a former store in Lee, plus another I suspect was a supermarket in town tomorrow!
Hmm, Price Chopper and/or the was a Brooks/Rite Aid/Walgreens now, at least I think?
ReplyDeleteJust a (not so) wild guess based on your suggestions :)
Yep! Price Chopper for sure, and I didn't realize the Brooks/Rite Aid was a supermarket when I was there in Lee. There's a liquor store just south of town that seems vaguely supermarket-like, but I can't confirm that. More tomorrow!
DeleteNote that I didn't say that it was one, just that it could have been at some point. I only have seen it as the drugstore chains.
DeleteIt was -- Adams Supermarket going back to the 1960s or so, through about the 80s or 90s. I'll have to look into more details.
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