"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

[teko.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, I've had long waits for expensive, mediocre local pizza, but Domino's is prompt, reasonable, and (as of recently) much improved. And while most of the pizza around here is thick crust greek-style, Domino's does thin cracker-crust style, which is pretty unique in the area.

[keithn.livejournal.com]

This. Domino's is better than the local pizza places and much faster. It's not surprising at all that they are successful.

I don't want to smear specific local pizza businesses but many are terrible, sorry to say. The ones that are OK are just OK.

One of the few things I really miss about living close to Cleveland Circle was the good pizza places.

[jducoeur]

I don't want to smear specific local pizza businesses but many are terrible, sorry to say. The ones that are OK are just OK.

Have to disagree here -- Posto's pizza is pretty excellent, probably my favorite in the Boston region. But it's not what folks think of as a pizza joint...