Family Business
August 1, 2014
I worked for Roche Bros. Supermarket for about 6 years in my teens. One of the best jobs I ever had, I met the owners Pat and Bud Roche on a few occasions and they treated me with respect and as if I were an adult, and I remember them that way to this day. So watching the Demoulas story unfold brings a lot of those memories back, especially the idea of standing behind someone who has treated you right. Now in full disclosure, I kick and scream if my wife tries to drag me to Market Basket. I can’t stand the place, purely on the amount of people there at any given time. The impatient, introvert in me can barely deal with the parking lot, forget about navigating the masses in the aisles. Though, today was a great day to visit, I had the place to myself… it was just me and one other customer. I am not taking sides here, I just like to shoot abandoned properties, and that is what this is. A business abandoned by both parties, the owners who have walked away from listening to the voice of their workers and workers who have abandoned their posts in the name of Arthur T Demoulas. For the sake of all involved I hope that this is rectified soon.
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Tim, very telling. I hope that this is rectified soon and that the workers who are standing by their beliefs get what I hope is an amicable resolution.
Tim, Thanks for sharing these pictures. This is such a tough story, so hard to believe that is unfolding that way it is. I’m just hoping that the current workers are not hurt by what the existing leadership is planning in the coming weeks. Tom.