No immediate changes planned, but store leases could eventually be sold, analysts say.
The new owners of local Star Market and Shaw's supermarkets say no immediate changes are planned for the stores. There is one store in Sudbury: a Shaw's on Boston Post Road. According to the Boston Globe, there are 155 Shaw's and 14 Star Markets with 17,000 employees. In November the troubled company had announced cutting 700 jobs. The new owners, an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management, bought the stores as part of a bigger $3.3 billion deal. Cerberus also controls the locally based Steward Health Care System network of community hospitals. The Boston Herald says Albertson's will take over all the New England Shaw's and Star Markets. Albertson's is a well-known supermarket brand name in the West and parts of the northern …
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In our latest Best of Patch Readers' Choice poll, the popular grocery store beat out Shaws.
Time is starting to run out if you haven't planned for your Memorial Day barbecue. But if you need a hand as to where you should buy your burgers, steaks, chicken wings, or anything you enjoy on the grill, your fellow residents have some advice for you. In our latest Best of Patch Readers' Choice poll, we asked where do you go to purchase items for your grill? And with 65 percent of the vote, Sudbury voted for Sudbury Farms over Shaw's. Sudbury Farms (part of Roche Bros.) is a supermarket aiming to offer the highest quality produce and products available. Inside the supermarket, there is a full-service buffet bar, butcher, bakery, flower stand, deli and wine and beer aisle. Just inside the front entrance is a bottle return area. Upon check…
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joanne
9:07 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
The employees at Shaws are the best! Who ever takes over - I do hope the current employees can keep their jobs- more ›