The Market Report

Shaw's Opened: 2001 Owner: Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants: Grand Union (ca. 1970s-2001) Cooperative: none Location: 97 E Main St, Wilmington, VT Photographed: August 7, 2021 One look at the outside of this store will tell you it's definitely not the average Shaw's. In fact, this store is pretty small for Shaw's (around 20,000 square feet), and that's because it's a Grand Union that was built in the 1970s and appears to actually have lasted all the way to Grand Union's final bankruptcy in 2001. It's in the small town of Wilmington, Vermont, which is roughly halfway between Brattleboro and Bennington. The interior is freshly renovated by Shaw's and really looks good, but we can tell it's an old building. Produce is in the front-left corner and continues down the first aisle, with a tiny bakery behind it and deli on the back wall next to meat. Frozen and dairy are on the right side, with beer and wine in the front-right corner. This dec...

Shaw's Opened: unknown Owner: Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants: unknown Cooperative: none Location: 213 Daniel Webster Hwy, Nashua, NH Photographed: October 10, 2021 This Shaw's is one of two in Nashua -- one, built in the early 00s, is downtown , while this one is outside of town and close to a lot of other supermarkets that we'll be seeing over the next several days. At just under 60,000 square feet, this one is about 10,000 square feet smaller than the downtown location. I don't know the history here, but I would bet that it's probably an older store that was expanded and renovated in the early 00s. Its most recent renovation was between 2017 and when I visited in 2021. This is always convenient: a floor plan diagram so I don't have to explain the layout! I would be willing to guess this was on the earlier end of Shaw's remodels, since this has more in common with the remodels of ca. 2018 than those of ca. 2021. You'll notice, for instance,...