http://serious-noir.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] serious-noir.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2014-09-27 06:08 pm
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"the first domino to fall" (anti-Roche Bros scare flyer)

I noticed while out walking that all the cars on Hawthorne St. just outside the Sq had anti-Roche Bros flyers stuck on their windshields.

I like the part about if you are "against turning Davis Square corporate"  and the bit about the "first domino." Since we already have a Domino's (and a Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Au Bon Pain and some other national chains I am forgetting right now), I'm not sure what they mean aside from some cliched scare nonsense. Roche Bros is a locally owned chain of supermarkets and I think they would be an asset here.

The flyer is unsigned. From one of the merchants mentioned? Is there much opposition to Roche Bros coming in?


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[personal profile] alphacygni 2014-09-28 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
A similarly-scaled Roche Bros (this Brothers Market concept?) will be opening in Downtown Crossing near where I work soon, so I will get a look at what this might be like. But I am definitely excited and in favor so far. I had also assumed most everyone was for this and wasn't worried about it being easily approved, but now perhaps I'll keep a closer eye, even if I can't make the 10/1 meeting.

[personal profile] ron_newman 2014-09-28 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
The downtown Roche Bros. will be much larger, taking up the entire former Filene's Basement. (And it will be called Roche Bros., not Brothers Marketplace)

[identity profile] jesseh.livejournal.com 2014-09-28 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
The whole former Filene's? (My localista pet peeve is conflating Filene's the department store with the Basement....)

[personal profile] ron_newman 2014-09-29 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
No, what I said -- the former Filene's Basement. Other stores and ofices will be occupying the ground floor and above.
Edited 2014-09-29 01:44 (UTC)

[identity profile] jesseh.livejournal.com 2014-09-29 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Ah -- that makes more sense! It seemed big for a supermarket....

[personal profile] ron_newman 2014-09-30 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I think they will have a small first-floor presence but most of their shopping area will be in the basement.
Edited 2014-10-01 16:33 (UTC)