Market Basket Marks 10 Years Since Unprecedented Summer Of Employee Protests, Customer Boycotts

CBS Boston

August 28, 2024

TEWKSBURY - A decade ago, the future of Market Basket was up in the air.

A family feud at the New England supermarket chain resulted in empty store shelves and major protests from employees who backed ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas. Loyal customers showed their support for "Artie T" by boycotting Market Basket and shopping elsewhere.

Now, the Tewksbury-based company with the slogan "More For Your Dollar" is reflecting on that tumultuous summer of 2014 and a movement that it says "grew so big that it encompassed an entire region and brought so many different people together."

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