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PEOPLE WERE INSIDE AT THE TIME.
BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE
UNHARMED.
IT'S BEEN NEARLY A WEEK SINCE
MARKET BASKET CORPORATE
EMPLOYEES WALKED OFF THE
JOB,
LEAVING FOOD SITTING AT THE
WAREHOUSE AND STORE SHELVES
EMPTY.
BUT RELIEF MAY BE ON THE
HORIZON, BOTH FOR SHOPPERS AND
THE COMPANY'S FORMER
C.E.O.
THANK YOU.
TODAY ARTHUR T. DEMOULAS
ANNOUNCED HE'S TRYING TO BUY THE
COMPANY FROM HIS EMBATTLED
RELATIVES.
AS
EMPLOYEES AWAIT AN ANSWER
FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
DEMOULAS FAMILY, AND THE RESULTS
OF AN
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
TOMORROW, SOME CUSTOMERS ARE
JUST EAGER TO GET THEIR MILK AND
BREAD BACK.
IT'S DAY SEVEN OF THE MARKET
BASKET PROTEST, YET THESE
EMPLOYEES AND THEIR LOYAL
CUSTOMERS ARE LOUDER THAN EVER.
YEAH, WE ARE, A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE HONKING AND
SHOWING THEIR
SUPPORT.
SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT.
WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO WANT
IT BACK.
WHO THEY
WANT IS FORMER
C.E.O., ARTHUR T. DEMOULAS.
A BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONTROLLED
BY HIS
COUSIN, ARTHUR S., FIRED
HIM IN JUNE.
HE WAS REALLY GREAT TO US AS
EMPLOYEES AND
ALSO TO THE
CUSTOMERS, BRINGING ABOUT THE 4%
OFF AND JUST LIKE GIVING BACK
TO
THE CUSTOMERS AND EVERYTHING, SO
WE'RE TRYING TO RETURN IT TO THE
WAY IT WAS.
PROTEST
ORGANIZERS HOPE THAT
WILL HAPPEN FRIDAY WHEN THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEET
AND
EMPLOYEES STAGE WHAT THEY'RE
CALLING THE GRAB FINALE PROTEST.
SO MANY STORIES
HAVE WITHIN
COMING FROM THIS AND THAT WILL
INSPIRE A LOT MORE PEOPLE TO
JOIN OUR CAUSE, AND WHO
KNOWS
WHAT IT WILL BRING FOR THE STORE
AND OUR FUTURE.
BUT ARTHUR T. ISN'T HOLDING
HIS
BREATH, HE OFFERED TO BUY A
MAJORITY OF MARKET BASKET STOCK.
HE SAID THE
BID IS A VERY FULL
AND FAIR ONE.
I FEEL LIKE IT THE RIGHT
THING TO DO.
I SUPPORT
THIS MAN 110%, AS HE
SUPPORTED ALL OF US.
BUT SOME SHOPPERS ARE FEELING
LESS
SUPPORTIVE AND MORE
FRUSTRATED.
PRODUCE WAS, THE SHELVES WERE
COMPLETELY
EMPTY, CAME LOOKING
FOR AVOCADOS FOR DINNER TONIGHT
AND THEY'RE NOT
THERE.
IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS WHAT'S
GOING ON OVER HERE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
BACKGROUND, BUT SOUNDS LIKE A
LITTLE FAMILY GREED IS TAKING
PLACE, AND ARTY IS THE BLACK
SHEEP.
IF THE COMPANY
DOESN'T
RESOLVE ITS FAMILY FEUD SOON,
MARKET BASKET COULD LOSE SOME
LOYAL SHOPPERS.
ALL I COULD GET WAS A SODA.
I LIKE THE OLD MARKET BASKET.
UNTIL IT GOES
BACK TO THAT I
DON'T THINK I'LL BE BACK.
EMPLOYEES WILL STAGE WHAT
THEY HOPE IS THEIR LAST PROTEST
AT THE
TEWKSBURY STORE TOMORROW
AT 9:00 A.M.
NOT COINCIDENTLY, THE MARKET
BASKET BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL
MEET AT THE SAME TIME AT THE