For Market Basket
Having recently moved from Cambridge to Boston, a mere two mile change, Lawrence and I have experienced a surprisingly different day-to-day life. We have different running routes. We eat at different restaurants. And for me, perhaps what's been most different, is our new supermarket routine. With Shaw's Supermarket now a mere two blocks away, my habits have changed; we make more trips since we usually come away with just enough to cover us for 1-2 days. This has changed my cooking habits, snacking patterns, and ability to instantly satisfy my cravings, like milk at 11PM to accompany the cookie cravings that sometimes come on then. (Believe it or not, this sort of thing is not always possible to pull off in Cambridge- surprising for what calls itself a "city", I know.) And perhaps most striking, our supermarket experience is now calm, calm as compared to Market Basket.
Ahh "The Basket", aka Market Basket. Market Basket is a family-owned chain of supermarkets in New England that generally has the best prices around as well as some of the freshest produce. At the Somerville store, the only one in the Boston area really, such deals and freshness were earned by mucking through the chaos that seems to always ensue in the store, no matter what time of day. Tons of people grab for the same items, push through already crowded aisles with their carts, and, motives unclear, run over unknowing customers unaccustomed to the Market Basket pace. This phenomenon is so well known amongst its regular shoppers that it has even been written up in the Boston Globe in an article titled "When Shopping Becomes a Roller Derby". At the end of the day, though, one always feels victorious having survived the shopping ordeal with such fantastic deals on food (including $3.99/lb lobster!).
Market Basket is a common experience that Cambridge and Somerville residents bond over. Two friends who have just moved to Canada from Cambridge visited us last week and asked how The Basket was doing. And it was in fact my sister who lived in Cambridge/Somerville for 5 years and just moved to San Francisco who sent me the Globe article. And it was sent to her by her friend who lived in Somerville for 4 years who now lives in San Diego. It seems to be one of the places people who leave fondly, more or less, remember. Given that I don't shop there anymore, I can be counted as one of them.
Ahh "The Basket", aka Market Basket. Market Basket is a family-owned chain of supermarkets in New England that generally has the best prices around as well as some of the freshest produce. At the Somerville store, the only one in the Boston area really, such deals and freshness were earned by mucking through the chaos that seems to always ensue in the store, no matter what time of day. Tons of people grab for the same items, push through already crowded aisles with their carts, and, motives unclear, run over unknowing customers unaccustomed to the Market Basket pace. This phenomenon is so well known amongst its regular shoppers that it has even been written up in the Boston Globe in an article titled "When Shopping Becomes a Roller Derby". At the end of the day, though, one always feels victorious having survived the shopping ordeal with such fantastic deals on food (including $3.99/lb lobster!).
Market Basket is a common experience that Cambridge and Somerville residents bond over. Two friends who have just moved to Canada from Cambridge visited us last week and asked how The Basket was doing. And it was in fact my sister who lived in Cambridge/Somerville for 5 years and just moved to San Francisco who sent me the Globe article. And it was sent to her by her friend who lived in Somerville for 4 years who now lives in San Diego. It seems to be one of the places people who leave fondly, more or less, remember. Given that I don't shop there anymore, I can be counted as one of them.
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