The Market Report

Concord Market Opened: 2018 Owner:  Elizabeth Akehurst-Moore Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  none Location:  77 Lowell Rd, Concord, MA Photographed:  May 11, 2023 Welcome to Concord! The small town is, of course, quaint and filled with American history , and has a delightful downtown that's great for strolling and sightseeing. The town also has two supermarkets, so let's check out this one right outside downtown! The store, despite its quaint appearance, is actually a newly-built building, constructed especially for the supermarket in 2018. It's located just in front of a long-standing pharmacy, now a Walgreens but previously a Rite Aid and a Brooks, which itself looks like it could be a former supermarket . (It was renovated when the Concord Market opened.) The entrance is roughly in the middle of the store on the side wall, with the grocery aisles, wine and beer, and dairy/frozen to the left. Butcher, seafood, and deli are on the back wall, with produ...

Roche Bros. Opened: 1995 Owner:  Michael Bozzuto Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  387 Massachusetts Ave, Acton, MA Photographed:  May 11, 2023 Time for another Roche Brothers! We saw the Westborough location a couple months ago, and this one is very similar. But it's older, dating back to 1995. The 30,000 square foot store was renovated in 2004 , then again around 10 years later. And I don't know what occupied the space before Roche Bros, although there's also a space around the corner that looks a lot like a former supermarket -- so perhaps something was originally there and then moved to this property when it was built in the 1970s. The building around the corner was built around 1960. Speaking of around the corner: a Stop & Shop recently moved into a former Kmart nearby . We enter to the produce department in the front corner of the robust grand aisle on the left side of the store. Service seafood and deli are in an island facin...

Idylwilde Farms Opened: 1985 in present location Owner:  Tom, David, and Richard Napoli Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  none Location:  366 Central St, Acton, MA Photographed:  May 13, 2023 I can already hear you grumbling. Not another farm market ! But trust me, you're going to want to tour Idylwilde Farms. The 17,000 square foot store is indeed a farm market, but it's also an extensive gourmet supermarket that more than warrants a visit. (Remember Bolton Orchards ? It's a similar setup, with a lot of produce and specialty items, although Idylwilde is both larger and more upscale.) Although the farm and original door-to-door produce business originates as far back as 1898 , today's grocery store was only built in 1985. We're in the western part of Acton here, where the area starts to feel less like Boston suburbs and more like, well, farmland. Incidentally, we've seen stores in the northeastern part of Acton , and now we're in the northwestern area. ...