Stop & Shop Opened: ca. 1990s Previous Tenants: Finast > Valley Discount Foods previously on site Location: 949 Grafton St, Grafton Hill, Worcester, MA Photographed: November 4, 2018 and March 31, 2023 It's time for a look at our first Stop & Shop in Worcester! There are three, and the other two are to the north. Don't worry, we'll get there. We're here at the Perkins Farm Marketplace, a large strip mall that borders the Perkins Farm Preserve between Grafton Street and the southern tip of Lake Quinsigamond. We're at the far southeastern corner of Worcester here, just under two miles from the new Market Basket in Shrewsbury . The mall was built in the mid-1960s and opened in 1967, with a Finast supermarket. That was still there by 1979, but in 1985, it had become Valley Discount Foods. City directories are mum on this property until 2017, when it was listed as Stop & Shop. But from the store model and Historic Aerials, we know Stop & Shop opene