Wow, people really love Arthur Demoulas

[liveintheville]

I really hope Artie T comes back. Artie S will probably just sell the chain off and what will I do without sketchy basket 

[bostonmichelle]

Jul 21, 2014 13:10:56 GMT -5 liveintheville said:

I really hope Artie T comes back. Artie S will probably just sell the chain off and what will I do without sketchy basket 

I hope so too. I was talking to DH that MB will probably fold/collapse/get sold off now that Artie S is in charge but I didn't think that would be for a few years.

[noodleoo]

It is so sad. I really hope they don't ruin MB. We do all our shopping there because the prices are reliably better than anywhere else. I do not want to go back to shopping the sale flyers and going to multiple stores.

[woodiedog]

Yes to loving Market Basket! I'm one of those shoppers boycotting until Artie T comes back. I feel for the Sr. Managers who got canned. Thorton and Gooch, the current co-CEOs are looking bad...this press will haunt them. They should step down and take a long quiet sabbatical.

[rosebud]

I'm thinking Kroger is salivating over this...

[woodiedog]

Artie T has made an offer to buy Market Basket!
www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/07/23/arthur-demoulas-makes-offer-buy-market-basket/iblE2hbqIZ6toxjXVizroI/story.html?p1=Article_FeatureStrip

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Jul 22, 2014 11:30:10 GMT -5 rosebud said:

I'm thinking Kroger is salivating over this...

?? Like, to buy out the chain? The nearest Kroger is in Virginia.

[jenikate]

Jul 24, 2014 7:28:30 GMT -5 @missusbee said:

Jul 22, 2014 11:30:10 GMT -5 rosebud said:

I'm thinking Kroger is salivating over this...

?? Like, to buy out the chain? The nearest Kroger is in Virginia.

It wouldn't matter if the nearest Kroger was Virginia. A big chain could come in and buy MB if the Artie T bid fails.

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Jul 24, 2014 12:28:45 GMT -5 jenikate said:

Jul 24, 2014 7:28:30 GMT -5 @missusbee said:

?? Like, to buy out the chain? The nearest Kroger is in Virginia.

It wouldn't matter if the nearest Kroger was Virginia. A big chain could come in and buy MB if the Artie T bid fails.

Yeah, I read the OP to say that nearby supermarkets would be salivating. Because I know Shaws and Stop n Shop and Hannaford are all killing it this week. The only reason I could think of for a chain like Kroger to care would be buyout.

[rosebud]

Jul 24, 2014 12:33:59 GMT -5 @missusbee said:

Jul 24, 2014 12:28:45 GMT -5 jenikate said:

It wouldn't matter if the nearest Kroger was Virginia. A big chain could come in and buy MB if the Artie T bid fails.

Yeah, I read the OP to say that nearby supermarkets would be salivating. Because I know Shaws and Stop n Shop and Hannaford are all killing it this week. The only reason I could think of for a chain like Kroger to care would be buyout.

Kroger owns something like 8 chains ... Kroger, Fred Meyer, Harris teeter, bakers, jay c, smiths, and more I'm forgetting. They are in 31 states, largest grocery chain in the United States.

[rosebud]

Getting a foothold in New England by buying something like market basket makes sense...