November 23, 2005
Turkey of the week
Shaw’s Supermarkets, New England’s #2 grocery chain:
BOSTON (AP) — There’ll be no last-minute shopping for turkeys or trimmings on Thanksgiving Day in Massachusetts.
The state has warned the upscale Whole Foods supermarket chain that it will risk criminal charges under the state’s centuries-old “blue laws” if it goes ahead with plans to open on the holiday.
The office of Attorney General Thomas Reilly issued a legal opinion after officials at a Whole Foods competitor, Shaw’s Supermarkets, wrote him a letter asking him to block the opening, The Boston Globe reported.
David Lannon, president of Whole Foods Market’s North Atlantic Region, said the chain has scrapped the Thanksgiving openings at its 14 state stores.
Shaw’s lawyers say the company is simply acting in the best interest of customers:
“Besides disadvantaging competitors, a Whole Foods opening would harm con-sumers, due to lack of choice in the marketplace for consumers to shop and com-pare prices for the best deal,” Shaw’s legal department wrote to Reilly on Nov. 4.
So being unable to buy groceries is better for consumers than having at least one place to shop? Break me a fucking give.
Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving. Especially to the turkeys in Shaw’s legal department.
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