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It started as an April Fools’ joke and caught on. Now, Market Basket is out with a popular playlist. Wait until you hear the songs.

After a survey last month named Market Basket the No. 3 grocer in the U.S., NBC10 Boston is looking at what makes the New England supermarket chain so special. The ranking comes as no surprise to customer Fred Van Magness of Reading, Massachusetts. A few weeks ago, he emailed the company to tell them what he thinks they are doing…

After Market Basket was named the No. 3 grocer in the U.S., we took a look at what’s different about the New England supermarket chain.

Royal Ice Cream Company, Inc. of Manchester, Conn. is recalling certain lots of its Batch brand ice cream over Listeria contamination concerns.

A New Hampshire Market Basket in Seabrook, New Hampshire, was evacuated, along with other stores in the shopping plaza, after a pressure cooker was found outside.

Police in Seabrook, New Hampshire, asked the public to avoid the area at a shopping plaza on Tuesday while they investigated a suspicious package. The nature of the suspicious package at Southgate Plaza wasn’t immediately clear, but police later said it was a pressure cooker. They were working to determine whether it was left with intent to hurt others,...

Three baby squirrels were found abandoned at a Market Basket in Lowell, Massachusetts Friday morning. Police say someone left them at the store on Fletcher Street. An animal control van was seen taking the baby squirrels around 9 a.m. Police say the squirrels are doing well and are headed to Newhouse Wildlife Rescue. Authorities have not released any additional details…

Market Basket supermarkets will host a series of walk-up mobile vaccine clinics in hard-hit communities across Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Wednesday.

Cash and prizes are becoming more popular as a way to sway the unvaccinated to get the shot. “Our office has begun to do initial research on what a vaccine lottery would entail, but ultimately any program and specifics would be set forth by the Governor’s office,” the Massachusetts treasurer’s office said in a statement. Gov. Charlie Baker’s office...

While Massachusetts has made significant progress in the coronavirus vaccine rollout, there is an urgent push to encourage people who are hesitant.

Market Basket is warning customers about an apparent Facebook scam the company says is aimed at gaining their personal information.  The company took to its official Facebook account on Monday to warn that an imposter was masquerading as Market Basket and sending friend requests to users on the social media platform. According to the store, the imposter was contacting people…

The company that operates Market Basket has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claims it mismanaged its retirement plan for employees by making super-conservative investments. Demoulas Super Markets Inc. has also agreed to change the way it manages its plan, according to a proposed settlement filed in federal court in Boston earlier this month….

Police say 27-year-old Gordon Falt, from Bar Harbor, Maine, fired a handgun in the parking lot of a shopping plaza in Lee, New Hampshire.

Police say the man — who is from Bar Harbor, Maine — drove a truck to the busy shopping plaza and fired an undetermined number of shots, forcing all the stores into a two-hour lockdown.

An armed subject who fired shots into the air, leading to a lockdown of the busy Market Basket shopping plaza in Lee, New Hampshire, on Saturday afternoon is now in police custody. Police say 27-year-old Gordon Falt, from Bar Harbor, Maine, drove a truck to the Lee Market Place and fired an undetermined number of shots in the parking lot,…

A Market Basket manager in Leominster, Massachusetts, paid it forward when he covered the cost of groceries for a grandfather who forgot his wallet at home last week. The man’s granddaughter, Nicki Heath, posted a message on Facebook expressing gratitude to the manager, Charlie Branch, and personally thanking him for his kindness, revealing that her grandfather suffers from dementia....

This time is especially difficult for those battling addiction. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh sheds light on his own past struggles.

Market Basket announced Friday that an employee at its distribution center in Andover, Massachusetts, has tested positive for the COVID-19. The company said some other workers were concerned with heading into the facility to go to work on Friday morning. “We consider it our responsibility to continue to take the aggressive steps necessary to protect our associates and also to…

An employee of a Market Basket in Salem named Vitalina Williams died, her husband said, saying the pair both had to keep working because they had bills to pay.

An employee at the Salem, Massachusetts, Market Basket store has died after battling the coronavirus. The company confirmed the worker’s death in a statement Tuesday, saying she had last worked in the store on March 26. Vitalina Williams’ husband said he was devastated by a loss that came shockingly fast. He said they both had to continue working because they…