The Market Report

Stop & Shop Opened:  late 1990s Owner:  Ahold Delhaize Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  none Location:  757 Turnpike St, North Andover, MA Photographed:  August 22, 2025 Our first stop in the Lawrence/Haverhill area actually isn't in either city -- it's in North Andover, where we saw the brand-new Market Basket back last summer. We're about two miles southeast of the Market Basket here, and that Market Basket is right on the Lawrence city line. This Stop & Shop is big, but at 65,000 square feet, it's nothing compared to the Market Basket of over 90,000 square feet. The Stop & Shop appears to still have the yellow and purple decor , and I'm a bit surprised they didn't renovate it in anticipation of the Market Basket's big move. And that's all for today, so come back tomorrow to head into Lawrence!

Market Basket Opened: August 22, 2025 Owner:  DeMoulas family Previous Tenants:  Kohl's Cooperative:  none Location:  350 Winthrop Ave, North Andover, MA Photographed:  August 20, 2025 and August 22, 2025 Today's final post is something really exciting: a before-and-after at a brand-new Market Basket! The cult-favorite (and currently embattled ) supermarket chain replaced its North And over location last week, with the longtime previous store closing on Thursday the 21st and the brand-new, massive location opening first thing Friday morning. At over 90,000 square feet, occupying a former Kohl's, the new North Andover store makes the previous store of roughly 55,000 square feet look like a mini mart. And heck, 55,000 square feet isn't even that small. Here's a look at the original North Andover Market Basket, built in the 1980s, which recently closed. More on that store soon. I visited the old store on Wednesday, August 20, and the new one on opening day, Friday...