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Police: Man Shot in Attleboro Grocery Store Parking Lot
Police are investigating after they said a man was shot in the parking lot of a grocery store in Attleboro, Massachusetts, Friday night. Kyle P. Heagney, Attleboro chief of police, said that at around 10 p.m., officers responded to a shooting in the parking lot of the Stop & Shop on Route 1 after receiving multiple 911 calls. Witnesses at…
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Stop & Shop Launches 30-Minute Delivery Service
Stop & Shop launches 30-minute delivery service
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Allston Stop & Shop Closed Indefinitely After Hazardous Gas Leak
Firefighters and hazmat teams swarmed a Stop & Shop supermarket in Boston where a potentially harmful leak was reported Wednesday, fire officials said. The building, on60 Everett Street in Allston, was evacuated but no one was reported hurt, according to the Boston Fire Department. The cause of the level-2 Hazmat response was a Freon gas leak in a second-floor machine…
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Stop & Shop Hiring 5,000 Workers Across Region
Stop & Shop will be hiring to fill more than 5,000 positions in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey. The company released a statement on Tuesday, saying that the jobs will be permanent and include positions in bakery, deli, grocery, seafood, produce, front end night crew and online pickup. Stop & Shop is also hiring home delivery…
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Officer Shoots Person With Knife After 911 Call at Revere Stop & Shop, Police Say
A person with a knife was shot in Malden by a Massachusetts State Police trooper Thursday after police were called to a nearby Stop & Shop in Revere about about erratic behavior, officials said. The person who was shot is in stable condition at Massachusetts General Hospital and the officer who shot him, along with a Malden police officer also…
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Employees to Call on Stop & Shop to Restore Hazard Pay Amid Pandemic
Stop & Shop employees will be joined by Sen. Ed Markey Monday at a rally in Boston as they demand the company reinstitute hazard pay for its frontline workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Quincy-based grocery chain announced Saturday that the 10% increase in pay for union hourly store associates would end that day, according to a news release from…
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Brockton Stop & Shop Opens as Fulfillment Center
Starting Friday, the Stop & Shop in Brockton, Massachusetts, will only be taking online orders amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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New Online-Only Stop & Shop Opening in Brockton
No need to ask for paper or plastic at the Stop & Shop in Brockton, Massachusetts. Starting Friday, you won’t be able to do your own grocery shopping at the store. The Belmont Street location will be taking online orders only, which you can either pick up or have delivered. So why the change? Online grocery shopping had spiked...
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Stop & Shop, Union Call for Grocery Workers to Be Classified as First Responders
The supermarket chain Stop & Shop and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) are calling on federal and state governments to designate associates at grocery stores as “extended first responders” or “emergency personnel.” In a joint statement released Monday, Stop & Shop President Gordon Reid and UFCW International President Marc Perrone said grocery workers “are essential workers and they deserve essential...
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‘Speechless': Anonymous Donor Pays for Seniors' Groceries at Stop & Shop: Report
Senior citizens shopping at Stop & Shop supermarket in Provincetown, Massachusetts got a huge surprise Saturday when they learned an anonymous donor had paid for their groceries. The Cape Cod Times reported that the donor, who contacted the store looking for ways to help amid the coronavirus outbreak, purchased $5,000 worth of gift cards for people shopping during seniors-only hours…
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Mass. Stop & Shop Employee Diagnosed With Coronavirus
An employee at a Massachusetts Stop & Shop store has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. Store officials said Sunday in a statement to NBC10 Boston that an associate at their Norwell store, located at 468 Washington Street, has tested positive for COVID-19. An extensive cleaning of the entire store and all of its surfaces was done in strict accordance…
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Man Accused of Spitting on Produce at Stop & Shop Store in Kingston
Stop and Shop said in a statement they are aware of the “unfortunate incident” at their store in Kingston, Massachusetts.
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‘Customers Took Him Down': Man Coughed, Spit on Produce at Mass. Stop & Shop, Witness Says
A man who allegedly coughed and spit at a Stop & Shop in Kingston, Massachusetts, before getting into a fight there Saturday afternoon has been taken to a hospital for evaluation and may face charges, police said. A witness to the incident said the man was coughing and spitting on food at the supermarket. He shared video to Facebook showing…
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Stop & Shop Donates $1 Million to Help the Food Insecure
Food banks are seeing a surge in need amid the coronavirus crisis as millions apply for unemployment. One local chain is stepping up to help.
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Market Basket, Roche Bros. Join Other Stores in Setting Special Hours for Seniors
More supermarkets are designating special hours to help protect older customers from coronavirus. Market Basket and Roche Bros. both announced Wednesday that they would set aside specific hours for shoppers who are 60 or older. Roche Bros. will serve senior citizens and disabled people each day between 7 and 8 a.m., welcoming everyone else between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m….
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Stop & Shop, Dollar General to Set Aside Hours for Older Shoppers Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
In an effort to protect older customers amid the coronavirus outbreak, Massachusetts-based Stop & Shop says it will set aside specific hours for shoppers 60 and up. Beginning March 19, all Stop & Shop stores will be open early to allow those 60 and older to shop between 6 and 7:30 a.m., the Quincy-based grocery chain said. The company said…
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95-Year-Old Braintree Veteran Honored for His Service
A 95-year-old World War II Veteran was honored for his service Friday at a Shop & Shop in Braintree, Massachusetts, where he has been a cashier for more than two decades.
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95-Year-Old WWII Veteran Honored at Stop & Shop, Where He's a Cashier
A nearly 100-year-old United States Army veteran, who was once a bank executive but now works as a part-time grocery store cashier in Massachusetts, was honored Friday for his selfless service in World War II.
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Driver Hurt After Crashing Into Framingham Store
A driver was hospitalized Monday morning after crashing into a Stop & Shop in Framingham, Massachusetts.
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Needy Kids Get Halloween Costumes at Quincy Outreach Event
Hundred of kids from needy families who might not have been able to dress up and go trick-or-treating for Halloween this year received costumes from a Massachusetts outreach organization ahead of the holiday, the group announced Monday. More than 250 local children filled a tent full of costumes set up by dozens of volunteers from Interfaith Social Services at the...