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thedecentshepherd OP t1_j46pmol wrote

Reply to comment by SmartSherbet in Who else is excited for the Market Basket on route 20 to open tomorrow?! by thedecentshepherd

So market basket's entire thing is "more for your dollar." Item prices are set to the same at all of their stores so you know what you're getting from place to place. Their very good about being well stocked and having a mix of high quality and good value foods.

The main reason I can think of why they're in Shrewsbury and not Worcester is taxes and shrewsbury being a central location for Boroughs, Grafton, and Worcester. (So 200k in worcester but there's also about 200k in all of those other towns combined)

Many people in worcester are already driving 20 minutes North to Leominster or south to Oxford. So driving 10 minutes west is easy enough.

Edit: there are about 100k in those towns combined not 200k

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thedecentshepherd OP t1_j46pu7f wrote

Also their customer service is typically fantastic, they're great at ensuring checkout lines are open.

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0nward_and_Upwards t1_j48gidr wrote

The DeMoulas treat their workers well too compared too other stores. Hell they had a strike when Arthur T. DeMoulas was fired.

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SmartSherbet t1_j46ukc6 wrote

Thanks for the explanation. Sounds like a good store, but I'm still surprised by the hype. It's just a grocery store.

If there were one in Worcester, I'd like to try it out. No way I'm driving to Shrewsbury for groceries, though. It baffles me that people would drive 20 minutes to a grocery store unless they have to, but to each their own.

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dollface867 t1_j4937hj wrote

>but I'm still surprised by the hype. It's just a grocery store.

You must be new here. Just chalk it up to one of our parochial quirks.

Here's a documentary film that should help explain things.

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ajohnson2371 t1_j47qd3w wrote

I'm in Worcester and would gladly make the trip to Wegmans in Northborough without any hesitation. Once you find a good store, it's hard going anywhere else.

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thedecentshepherd OP t1_j46xc5l wrote

When I've done come comparison shopping between price chopper and market basket, typically I'll save about $20-30 on the basics (without coupons or specials)

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CatumEntanglement t1_j4ch231 wrote

Dude, it's like right next to Lake Quinsigamond...as in it's just over the town line between Worcester and Shrewsbury. It might as well be in Worcester for how incredibly close it is to Worcester. Just Google map it instead of freaking out.

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SmartSherbet t1_j4cmsqw wrote

Thanks but that is still a solid 20 minutes from where I live unless it’s 5am traffic levels. I love Trader Joe’s too but no way am I driving that far for groceries.

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trixie91 t1_j4e4zq7 wrote

Bahahaha! "It's just a grocery store."

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