Market Basket Opens First Rhode Island Location In May 2021

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Massachusetts’s Favorite Grocery Chain Market Basket Expands to Rhode Island

Plus, Boston Beer Company is launching a subsidiary in Canada to develop cannabis-infused drinks, and more news

by Rachel Leah BlumenthalMay 17, 2021, 1:20 PM UTC

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Rhode Island Can Now Get More for Its Dollar

Massachusetts’s favorite grocery store, Market Basket, opens its first Rhode Island location on May 21 in Warwick (25 Pace Blvd.), with a second to follow soon in Johnston. The chain — which has its roots in a small grocerette in Lowell opened by Greek immigrants Athanasios and Efrosini Demoulas in 1917 and embraces the slogan “more for your dollar” — is beloved throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine for its affordable prices and fiercely loyal staff.

The new location will open its doors at 7 a.m. on the 21st, operating daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Senior shopping hours will be 6 to 7 a.m. daily.)

Boston Beer Company Is Getting Into the Cannabis Drink Game — But Not Here (Yet)

Boston Beer Company — the parent company behind Sam Adams, Dogfish Head, Twisted Tea, and more — is launching a Canada-based subsidiary to focus on developing non-alcoholic beverages infused with cannabis. The company intends to use Canada as a testing ground, as cannabis is legal and federally regulated there, in order to be ready to expand into the United States market if and when it makes sense from a legal and business standpoint.

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