Shaw's - Merrimack, NH (Continental)

Shaw's

Opened: ca. 2007

Owner: Albertsons Companies

Previous Tenants: none

Cooperative: none

Location: 7 Continental Blvd, Merrimack, NH

Photographed: July 2, 2026

Merrimack's two supermarkets are both Shaw's, and stepping into the one on the north end of town feels like stepping back 25 years. This one is also a bit of a relic, but it looks far better today and also seems to be higher volume. Shaw's constructed this store between 2005 and 2008, or about seven years after the 570 Daniel Webster Highway one. (There are multiple other Shaw's on Daniel Webster Highway in other towns.) At about 55,000 square feet, this one is smaller than the Daniel Webster one.

This pairing is intriguing to me, too, as this store has a lot in common with the Indian Lake Shaw's in Worcester, while the other store in town feels like the Webster Square Shaw's. (Both Worcester stores are more updated and higher volume, though, it seems.) You can see the parallels of the older but larger store and the newer but smaller store, and the setup of this Shaw's is very similar to that Indian Lake store, though I believe this one is smaller than that one.

So the grand aisle here is on the right side of the store, with bakery and deli lining the right-side wall. Meat and seafood are on the back wall, with dairy/frozen on the left side. Pharmacy and HABA, along with floral, are in a deluxe Wellbeing department in the front-left corner.

Though this store hasn't gotten a renovation since its opening, it's far from neglected. In fact, it's in great shape and seemed healthy.

We're in New Hampshire, so the supermarkets generally have beer and wine, which I'm not really used to. Wine is in the first aisle and beer is towards the left side of the store, near the chips and soda.