"the first domino to fall" (anti-Roche Bros scare flyer)

[serious-noir.livejournal.com]

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?

Comments

[jesseh.livejournal.com]

The whole former Filene's? (My localista pet peeve is conflating Filene's the department store with the Basement....)

[ron_newman]

No, what I said -- the former Filene's Basement. Other stores and ofices will be occupying the ground floor and above.

[jesseh.livejournal.com]

Ah -- that makes more sense! It seemed big for a supermarket....

[ron_newman]

I think they will have a small first-floor presence but most of their shopping area will be in the basement.