Market Basket - Nashua, NH (Daniel Webster)

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 parking lot is partially in Massachusetts, to avoid sales tax.)

Dairy is in the first aisle on the left side, with deli and seafood at the back of the first aisle. Meats line the rest of the back wall, with produce and frozen on the right side in the last aisle. Bakery and Market's Kitchen are in the front-right corner.

Despite the fact that almost every Market Basket looks exactly the same, you can tell this one is a little on the older side. The refrigeration is slightly older than normal, but not as old as the longest-running locations.

Beer and wine are in the last grocery aisle before the produce/frozen departments.

As I recall, this store has the expanded prepared foods department (Market's Kitchen) of a newer store, but not the seating area and coffee shop (Market's Cafe). That's the same setup as the Northwest Boulevard store, though Amherst Street has both.