7-Eleven buys Tedeschi's

[ron_newman]

The national 7-Eleven chain has bought the local Tedeschi's chain.

From the news report, it's not clear whether the Tedeschi name will disappear, and whether the merger will result in store closures. 7-Eleven currently has a store at Mass Ave and Day Street, three blocks from the Tedeschi store in Davis Square.

When 7-Eleven bought the White Hen Pantry chain a few years ago, they closed White Hen's Ball Square store, a couple blocks from 7-Eleven's store at Broadway and Cedar.

Comments

[keithn.livejournal.com]

I bet they keep the Davis Square location. "Three blocks" is a bit misleading. The Mass Ave 7-Eleven is a third of a mile outside of the center of Davis Square and not a convenient place at all for people who walk to or from Davis Square for T access unless they already live near Mass Ave. If they were going to close a location it would make more sense to me to close the Mass Ave 7-Eleven (how does that place even stay in business across the street from Pemberton Farms?)

[ron_newman]

7-Eleven is open 24 hours. Pemberton Farms is open 7 am to 10 pm.

I don't think there's much overlap between the two stores' merchandise.