(SOMERVILLE, MA) AUG 19 – A CUSTOMER BOYCOTT AND WORKER STRIKE AGAINST A NEW ENGLAND GROCERY STORE CHAIN IS ENTERING ITS SECOND MONTH. PRESSURE IS MOUNTING TO REINSTATE A C-E-O PRAISED FOR HIS GENEROSITY AND PERSONAL TOUCH. FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE FROM BOSTON.
SHOPPERS AND STRIKING WORKERS IN MARKET BASKET’S SEVENTY-ONE STORES SAY THEY WON’T COME BACK UNTIL ARTHUR T. DEMOULAS IS REINSTATED AS C-E-O. HE WAS OUSTED BY HIS COUSINS IN JUNE.
SOMERVILLE, MASS MARKET BASKET SHOPPER ELEANOR HALEY, 80, WHO SAYS SHE HAS SPENT $500 MORE IN GROCERY BILLS DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF BOYCOTT, EXPLAINS WHY SHE IS FIGHTING TO PRESERVE THE SUPERMARKET SHE LOVES.