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Food Shopping Franklin MA

Whole Foods Market

by Warren Reynolds

Whole Foods is located just a short drive from Franklin, MA in the Charles River Centershopping plaza in Bellingham, MA.    Whole Foods is the other end of the universe from Market Basket: beautiful store, great service, lots of high-end organic and natural food choices.  What’s interesting is that the two stores are practically across [...]

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Super Stop and Shop

by Warren Reynolds

Stop and Shop is a well-established grocery chain in Massachusetts.  The Stop and Shop in Franklin, MA is located in the Franklin Village Shopping Center just off Exit 17 of Route 495. This site became a “Super” Stop and Shop a few years ago, so the selection is excellent and the store modern and spacious.  [...]

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Shaws Supermarket

by Warren Reynolds

Shaws Supermarket is located in the Horace Mann Plaza in Franklin, MA. Years ago, Shaw’s positioned itself as a low-cost provider of quality foods.  A few changes of ownership later, this chain seems to be geared to more premium offerings.  This particular store has a beer and wine retailing license – selection and prices are [...]

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BJ’s Wholesale Club

by Warren Reynolds

BJ’s Wholesale Club is great for grocery and personal care items in Franklin, MA.  It seems to accommodate smaller bulk buying than other wholesale clubs: you don’t have to buy huge quantities of each thing to save money.  And they keep milk prices low! BJ’s in Franklin, Massachusetts also sells home and garden offerings on [...]

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Market Basket

by Warren Reynolds

Market Basket is a low-cost food retailer with many stores in eastern Massachusetts; the store serving Franklin, MA is just to the north of Franklin off Exit 18 of Route 495 in the Stallbrook Marketplace in Bellingham, MA. I love Market Basket!  The store is certainly not upscale, but the quality of the produce and [...]

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Hannaford Supermarket

by Warren Reynolds

This site has been the location of a series of supermarket brands over the years: Victory and Star Market come to mind. Clean, large store; prices seem OK! Hannaford Supermarket 7 Medway Road Milford MA 01757 http://www.hannaford.com/home.shtml

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Big Y seeks to open in Franklin, Massachusetts (MA)

by Warren Reynolds on March 11, 2010

You might want to forget about a Market Basket in Franklin, MA anytime soon!  Big Y Foods has announced plans to open a supermarket in Franklin, Massachusetts, according to a business brief published yesterday by the Worcester Business Journal.   A client of mine provided additional information on this proposal, based on her attendance at a recent [...]

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Market Basket opening in Franklin, MA?

by Warren Reynolds on February 5, 2010

There are rumors all over town that Market Basket may be opening a new food supermarket in Franklin, MA. ChrisW35 sent in the following question today to 02038.com:  “I heard some rumors of Market Basket coming to Franklin – I hope that really happens.   I think it would good for Franklin . . . I’d like [...]

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Food Shopping in Franklin, MA

by Warren Reynolds on January 4, 2009

Residents of Franklin, MA have the luxury of choice when it comes to food shopping.  There are six major food chain stores with locations either right in Franklin or literally within a 5 minute drive of town.  And there are several more food stores a bit further away! Unlike some other upscale communities in Massachusetts [...]

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