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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[identity profile] katherine fiorello (from livejournal.com) 2014-10-02 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
They are planning to have more general produce than what Dave's & Pemberton offers. Dave's & Pemberton have more specialized foods (ie Dave's artisan cheese & homemade pasta & pemberton's upscale & organic food & gardening center). They will be selling a lot of lower priced organic items too (they have a low cost organic line like whole food's 365) & locally produced goods too.

It seems to me that they are targeting the whole foods & tj's crowd & will sell other things like paper goods (tp, paper towel, dog food, etc) than what Pemberton & Dave's sell. The owner said they take into account the area & the specialities of their neighborhood & that they chose to not compete w./ those specialities. So, they most likely will not sell homemade pasta or pasta dishes.