My mom shops at a Roche Bros. nearish her home--she much prefers it to Shaw's and Stop&Shop, both of which are closer to her. The prices and quality (particularly of the produce) are both superior. So, I'd be pleased if a Roche opened up around here.

I expect they're assuming that many customers would have their own carts and/or use buses to carry things home, and wouldn't need much parking. I'm not sure how likely that would be--it'd be true for me, but I'm not buying an entire family's worth of groceries each week.