The Market Report

Market 32 Opened: 2015 Previous Tenants:  none Location:  21 Galaxy Pass, Sutton, MA Photographed:  September 4, 2021 I discussed the history of Price Chopper's experimentation with various different formats on the Webster post , and we're here to tour the Sutton Market 32 location -- a result of some of that experimentation! This was the first new-build Market 32 , opening in 2015 (previous Market 32s were conversions from Price Chopper). The 60,000 square foot store contains a liquor store and a Starbucks, both features Webster opened with two years prior. But this is a truly spectacular supermarket! We'll see a few Market 32s and I must say I am consistently impressed with them. This one is extra-deluxe because it was designed as one and not as a Price Chopper. Cafe, Starbucks, and an entrance to the liquor store are in the front right corner, with prepared foods on the right side of the grand aisle. Deli and cheese are in an island right in the middle of the grand ai...

Original Grocery Tenant:  unknown Address: 311 Providence Rd, South Grafton, MA Opened:  before 1938 Closed:  unknown Later Tenants:  South Grafton Mini Mart (closed by 2007) Photographed:  September 4, 2021 Today's snapshot is a quick look at the former South Grafton Mini Mart, taking up the ground floor of a building that appears to have housed a grocer since the early 20th century. The store is around 3200 square feet and, if you look carefully, you can just barely make out the lettering "DELI    BEER/WINE   GROCERIES" on the red awning. The space has been vacant since at least 2007, but lately it's gotten some renovation (see here previously). Tomorrow we're headed about three miles west of this store for a totally different one in Sutton!