Market Basket Opened: ca. 1980s Owner: Demoulas family Previous Tenants: department store (?) Cooperative: none Location: 261 Daniel Webster Hwy, Nashua, NH Photographed: October 10, 2021 Another Nashua Market Basket! This is one of three locations in Nashua (but the other two are in the northwestern part of the city); Shaw's also has two stores in town and one is practically next door . This Market Basket dates back to around the 1980s -- you can see its similarity to stores like Salem of around the same age -- although it's gotten upgrades over the years, namely the Market's Kitchen department. The store is about 62,000 square feet. As this is right on the border of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (by that I mean under half a mile), it clearly intends for customers to take advantage of the no-sales-tax policy of New Hampshire and this store even has a dedicated cigarette counter. (Heck, the Pheasant Lane Mall across the street is in New Hampshire, while its parkin...
Shaw's Opened: unknown Owner: Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants: unknown Cooperative: none Location: 213 Daniel Webster Hwy, Nashua, NH Photographed: October 10, 2021 This Shaw's is one of two in Nashua -- one, built in the early 00s, is downtown , while this one is outside of town and close to a lot of other supermarkets that we'll be seeing over the next several days. At just under 60,000 square feet, this one is about 10,000 square feet smaller than the downtown location. I don't know the history here, but I would bet that it's probably an older store that was expanded and renovated in the early 00s. Its most recent renovation was between 2017 and when I visited in 2021. This is always convenient: a floor plan diagram so I don't have to explain the layout! I would be willing to guess this was on the earlier end of Shaw's remodels, since this has more in common with the remodels of ca. 2018 than those of ca. 2021. You'll notice, for instance,...