Shaw's in Tilton closing

brk-lnt · 08-09-2013, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Briangie

Market Basket has a real estate division that owns all of their properties.

If you really study Market Basket, they are a real estate company with a grocery store division.

Slickcraft · 08-09-2013, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by brk-lnt

If you really study Market Basket, they are a real estate company with a grocery store division.

In any case their business plan appears to be better than Shaw's.

Diver Vince · 08-09-2013, 09:47 AM

Shaw's, Hannaford's, and Market Basket . Frankly. much the same. I'd really like to see something different; like a specialty store. How about a Trader Joe's or a branch of Tuscan Market where we can buy real Italian food?

Diver Vince · 08-09-2013, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by brk-lnt

If you really study Market Basket, they are a real estate company with a grocery store division.

I think that's possibly quite true. In fact Ray Kroc once stated that McDonalds real money maker was not pushing burgers but owning the real estate. That's how he made his fortune.

brk-lnt · 08-09-2013, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Diver Vince

I think that's possibly quite true. In fact Ray Kroc once stated that McDonalds real money maker was not pushing burgers but owning the real estate. That's how he made his fortune.

I wasn't joking... Market Basket owns all of their locations. They use their grocery stores as an anchor to attract other tenants to the location. Their prices can therefore be lower because the grocery business can be a "loss leader" of sorts (I don't think they actually take a loss on the grocery business, but you get what I mean).

Market Basket makes more income from their real estate operations than from their grocery retail operations, to my knowledge.

jrc · 08-09-2013, 01:28 PM

There's some interesting reading about Market Basket (Demoulas) at this site, check the history section.

http://www.mydemoulas.net/

joey2665 · 08-09-2013, 02:26 PM

There is no offical website/facebook or twitter page for Market Basket Sumpermarkets. Some interesting "facts" about their history on Wikipedia

upthesaukee · 08-09-2013, 03:18 PM

http://www.mydemoulas.net/

If we are heading to Tilton, we check for coupons.

And if you want to do the Facebook thing...

https://www.facebook.com/mydemoulas

Hope that hopes, Joey2665 .

Sorry, I do not do twitter.

joey2665 · 08-10-2013, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by upthesaukee

http://www.mydemoulas.net/

If we are heading to Tilton, we check for coupons.

And if you want to do the Facebook thing...

https://www.facebook.com/mydemoulas

Hope that hopes, Joey2665 .

Sorry, I do not do twitter.

I dont do either facebook or twitter I just thought it was interesting in this day and age a 70 store supermarket chain had no "social media" or "offical" website.

upthesaukee · 08-10-2013, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by joey2665

I dont do either facebook or twitter I just thought it was interesting in this day and age a 70 store supermarket chain had no "social media" or "offical" website.

Joey, if you look at my post, the first link I listed is the website for Demoulas.

BroadHopper · 08-09-2013, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by brk-lnt

Market Basket makes more income from their real estate operations than from their grocery retail operations, to my knowledge.

The family have extensive holdings all over the US. They have a home on Governor's Island and ocean front property in Rye NH to name a couple.

tis · 08-09-2013, 04:17 PM

Really? They have a home on Gov. Island? I didn't know that. They have a home on Tuftonboro Neck, too.

Patiently Watching · 08-10-2013, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by tis

Really? They have a home on Gov. Island? I didn't know that. They have a home on Tuftonboro Neck, too.

Tis, there are two factions of the Demoulas family in the area and the Arthur T. group which run the company summer in Gilford. Arthur S. summers on Tuftonboro Neck.

Their family feud is the costliest civil court case in Massachusetts history and just made headlines again as one faction tried to wrestle control of the company from the other by reshuffling their Board of Directors...

tis · 08-10-2013, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Patiently Watching

Tis, there are two factions of the Demoulas family in the area and the Arthur T. group which run the company summer in Gilford. Arthur S. summers on Tuftonboro Neck.

Their family feud is the costliest civil court case in Massachusetts history and just made headlines again as one faction tried to wrestle control of the company from the other by reshuffling their Board of Directors...

Yes, and doesn't the brother also have a place right beside the Libby Museum? So unless that is another relative, one of them must have two places. I thought one had Market Basket and one had Tedeshi (sp?)

08-09-2013, 02:26 PM	#7
joey2665 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Meredith Bay & LI, NY Posts: 3,222 Thanks: 1,219 Thanked 1,009 Times in 649 Posts	Interesting There is no offical website/facebook or twitter page for Market Basket Sumpermarkets. Some interesting "facts" about their history on Wikipedia

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upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,607 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,477 Thanked 1,984 Times in 1,084 Posts	try this... http://www.mydemoulas.net/ If we are heading to Tilton, we check for coupons. And if you want to do the Facebook thing... https://www.facebook.com/mydemoulas Hope that hopes, Joey2665 . Sorry, I do not do twitter. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

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Diver Vince Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Bonaire Dutch Caribbean and Gilford NH Posts: 103 Thanks: 31 Thanked 27 Times in 17 Posts	Shaw's, Hannaford's, and Market Basket . Frankly. much the same. I'd really like to see something different; like a specialty store. How about a Trader Joe's or a branch of Tuscan Market where we can buy real Italian food?

08-09-2013, 01:28 PM	#6
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	There's some interesting reading about Market Basket (Demoulas) at this site, check the history section. http://www.mydemoulas.net/

08-09-2013, 04:17 PM	#12
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,813 Thanks: 759 Thanked 1,469 Times in 1,025 Posts	Really? They have a home on Gov. Island? I didn't know that. They have a home on Tuftonboro Neck, too.