The Market Report

Original Grocery Tenant: A&P Address: 700 Southbridge St, Worcester, MA Opened:  ca. 1960 Closed:  by 1973 Later Tenants:  A&P Warehouse Economy Outlet (open by 1973) > Goretti's Supermarket (open by 1991, closed by 2000) > subdivided Photographed:  October 9, 2018 and January 16, 2019 I don't even need to say what supermarket originally occupied 700 Southbridge Street here in South Worcester! This distinctive centennial store has remained nearly untouched since it opened more than 60 years ago, although it's been subdivided. The space was an A&P from about 1960 to around 1970, and it appears to have closed by 1971. In late 1972 or 1973, it seems A&P converted the supermarket to their discount format, A&P Warehouse Economy Outlet. By 1991, it had become Goretti's , although it looks like Goretti's time in Worcester was brief and I believe they closed by 1995, but definitely by 2000. It appears the space was subdivided by 1996. The store i...

Goretti's Supermarket Owner: Mark Goretti Opened:  unknown Cooperative:  none Location:  1 Providence St, Millbury, MA Photographed:  October 12, 2019 and October 19, 2019 If you head just east from Auburn, you'll enter Millbury, a town of about 14,000 that's just southeast of Worcester. Millbury is home to a massive strip mall outside of town called The Shoppes at Blackstone Valley, but the only supermarket in town is actually just a couple blocks outside of downtown. It's an independent called Goretti's, and I'm not totally sure how long it's been here for. The supermarket dates back to some time between 1964 and 1967, when it was the Millbury Supermarket. It remained the Millbury Supermarket until 1989, after which time there are no historical city directories available. I'm not sure whether Millbury Supermarket was the same as Goretti's, but around the 1990s, there was also a Goretti's in Worcester that we'll be seeing shortly. The store...