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NECN is reporting board has accepted Artie T (good guy) offer to buy Market Basket (Original Post)
graywarrior
Jul 2014
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Blue_Adept
(6,393 posts)1. I hope so
I hated shopping elsewhere last week. Paid more, got less and had a more depressing experience.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)2. Still not confirmed
This waiting is killing us. Meanwhile, there was a tornado in Revere, MA causing massive damage--no injuries.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)3. Not much choice.
Without customers or employees the only other choice is to sell it as scrap.
Be refreshing to see this repeated elsewhere.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)4. Board meeting at 4 pm
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)7. There will probably be a counter offer.
They probably have a few more cards up their sleeve.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)8. When egos collide
It ain't gonna be pretty.
canoeist52
(2,282 posts)5. No yet. It'd be plastered all over if it were true
"It is unclear if Market Basket's board will accept ousted C-E-O Arthur T Demoulas's offer to buy the company, and no word if workers who have walked off the job will return" -NECN feed now
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)6. The Save Artie Market Basket page is crazy right now
Apparently, the wife of one of the executives that got fired reported that the 4 pm meeting is confirmed but no one knows what it's going to be about. Nervous here.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)9. Sign on one of the Market Baskets
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