Market Basket Today
Market Basket's main competitors include Hannaford, Shaw's, Stop & Shop, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods Markets, McKinnon's Market, and smaller, local markets, such as Butcher Boy, and, to some extent, FoodMaster (formerly Johnnie's FoodMaster). Though the chain is often called DeMoulas, all of its stores now operate under the Market Basket name (the last of which, No. 6 in Salem, New Hampshire changed in spring 2010). Market Basket supermarkets are usually in shopping centers with other stores, often properties owned by the company through its real-estate arm, Retail Management and Development, Inc. Only two stores in the chain's history—number 38, in Plaistow, New Hampshire (there were at one time two in Plaistow, NH that were close to one another on Route 125, one of which is now closed) and number 11 in Andover, Massachusetts—have ever closed, although a number of stores have moved out of existing locations in order to relocate to larger stores.
Some cities are home to multiple stores. Market Basket has three stores in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and is the only supermarket chain in Haverhill which has been the case for decades. There are four stores in Nashua, New Hampshire, three of which are located along the New Hampshire Route 101A commercial strip. There are three stores in Billerica, Massachusetts, all three of them are located along the Route 3A commercial strip (two stores will remain in Billerica from 2013 onward due to the store at the Shops at Billerica closing in 2013).
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