The Market Report

Crosby's Marketplace Opened: unknown Owner:  Chris Crosby Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  Associated Grocers of New England Location:  211 Sudbury Rd, Concord, MA Photographed:  May 11, 2023 Yesterday we saw the Concord Market just north of downtown Concord, which is a smaller gourmet market. Now we're here to check out the supermarket in Concord, which is Crosby's Marketplace. It's a roughly 20,000 square foot outpost of a local chain (we'll see a couple more Crosby's once we're northeast of Boston, too). As for this building, it was constructed around 1960 -- the hardware store to the left was added later -- and it almost looks like a centennial A&P, but there are some notable differences. Check out the exterior of this store for comparison. I don't know what it originally was, and I can't find any records online of what it would've been. We enter roughly in the middle of the storefront (another difference from A&P centennia...

Concord Market Opened: 2018 Owner:  Elizabeth Akehurst-Moore Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  none Location:  77 Lowell Rd, Concord, MA Photographed:  May 11, 2023 Welcome to Concord! The small town is, of course, quaint and filled with American history , and has a delightful downtown that's great for strolling and sightseeing. The town also has two supermarkets, so let's check out this one right outside downtown! The store, despite its quaint appearance, is actually a newly-built building, constructed especially for the supermarket in 2018. It's located just in front of a long-standing pharmacy, now a Walgreens but previously a Rite Aid and a Brooks, which itself looks like it could be a former supermarket . (It was renovated when the Concord Market opened.) The entrance is roughly in the middle of the store on the side wall, with the grocery aisles, wine and beer, and dairy/frozen to the left. Butcher, seafood, and deli are on the back wall, with produ...