Market Basket

Amazing produce & meat dept! Great prices! Employees down every aisle stocking shelves & offering help!

This morning I went to the Hudson Market Basket to do my weekly grocery shopping. When I was finished getting my order rung through, the bill came up to $ 53.07. I thought I gave the cashier $ 60.00, but I accidentally gave her $ 70.00 because one of the bills got stuck together. It was like the cashier didn’t know what she was doing. When I got home, I realized that the cashier didn’t give me the correct change back so I went back and asked her about the change and she didn’t give me my change back which was $ 10.00. So I went up to customer service and told them about what happened and they were very nice and helpful and understanding. They even gave me change back and they also gave me an extra $ 10.00 for all my troubles. I thought that was very nice.

Cheap and stocked. Recommend coming here for beer if you live in Mass by the border.

Market Basket all the way! I used to spend $ 350-​$ 450 shopping at the Shaw’s Nashua NH store, but now I go to Market Basket in Hudson and get out for less than $ 300 almost every time (i.e., Chobani Yogurt MB=5/$ 5, Shaw’s=$ 1.29 each…) Not only that, but I can buy chicken leg quarters again without fear of finding trimmed fat buried in the package as I did at Shaw’s — guess it filled out the packages and added a touch more profit :-\

It’s Market Basket, what can I really say? Yeah, it’s quite a sight seeing some of the characters that wander the aisles and if you want to feel better about yourself, this is good place to start… hahaha…other than that, cheap prices. Produce leaves something to be desired though…

My 2^nd favorite MB. It is always busy, but the cashiers and baggers are almost eerily friendly. I often stop here on my way home from Salem on the weekdays, getting here about 11AM. This is when the old people shop, so I’m not only navigating my way through narrow aisles and boxes of unshelved goods, but also weaving the cart around scooters, wheelchairs, and walkers. But it’s all good! I respect bargain hunters, young and old, and MB has the best grocery prices in New England.

I love to go grocery shopping. I’ll admit it. It’s my Saturday afternoon ritual and I get to do it while my husband and daughter nap.
I like my shopping to be simple and MB provides that. Though the store is always very busy, the prices are straigh forward. There is none of the gimmicky membership discounts or crazy BOGO deals that can confuse what you need to by and what might be a good deal.
I like that I can go in, get what I need and mosey through the well stocked shelves and really be able to comparision shop. I find that the prices are always affordable and I never feel like I am paying too much for anything.
As long as you can get past the short wait at the deli counter and navigate the crowded aisles, it will be a great shopping experience.

The reviews pretty much hit the nail on the head for this Market Basket. I’m a former employee of not only the front registers, but the deli as well. A few tips,
–Buy Market Basket brand, it’s the SAME thing as the big label brand, it just has a MB sticker on it and it’s usually cheaper.
–If you’re not a fan of crowds and you’re willing to give up one morning a week to shopping, go right as the store opens on a week day. Few moms, few elderly, the only people you’ll be fighting with are the produce meat and dairy stockers. Great parking, you’re in, you’re out, move on with your day.
–Stockers rotate the freshest food to the back placing older food in the front (meats, dairy, etc) so pick from the back.
–Everything comes from a freezer and is hand packaged. Stuff on the warmer plates, most of the display cases by the deli, etc. Not fresh, but close to it. You can probably get the same thing in the freezer section.
It’s a great store, good prices, can’t beat it.

MB always has the best prices. This one is well stocked and has a good variety compared to some in the Lowell area. Bakery is fair and has a lunch deli of sorts for extra choices. Meat and produce section better than average MB, but they still need to work on quality. Needs to be expanded inside and out (parking) as it is always busy and hard to get in and out. Best place for a budget.

This is your good old fashioned grocery store, no gimmicks, no memberships. If you don’t mind fighting through the busy store for some great deals. The prices here are much better than stop and shop. This store is busy, great for people who grocery shop once every week or two lines are usually longer because of that and longer on the weekend. Store has a in-​house bakery, kitchen, deli.
The store will look a little bit old fashioned and run down on the inside and not as clean and styled as the stop and shop across the street.
The best part about this store is everything is always well stocked. If a sale it is out of stock they will gladly give you a raincheck.
Generally, if you don’t like grocery shopping for more than a handful of items at a time then look elsewhere like Hanaford but expect to pay a little more.

I don’t expect a lot out of grocery shopping, and I expect even less out of a Market Basket, but after my fifth (and final) trip to this particular Market Basket, I have had enough. Many people consider THIS Market Basket to be «The Good Market Basket» or «The Nice Market Basket». After all, it’s always crowded and it has an actual bakery. That’s fancy, right?
Well, let me tell you something. It is always crowded because:
1) There is not enough parking, and their parking lot was designed by morons or auto insurance agents panning for business.
2) At least two-​thirds of the regular shoppers of «The Good Market Basket» pick the most high-​traffic times to go shopping and bring their entire extended family along with them to bicker and banter amongst the aisles.
I’m trying to tighten up the budget, so I decided to give Market Basket another shot since I will admit that their prices are as low as it gets — they even blow Walmart out of the water. I realize now that they accomplish this by never paying for cleaning products or stockers who are intelligent enough to remove clearly rotten and/​or unsafe food from circulation.
During this trip, I encountered the following:
1) A frightening number of expired dairy products on the shelf.
2) A thick layer of dust on every jar of peanut butter in stock.
3) THREE jars of jam with popped safety seals before I found one that I felt secure might not kill me.
4) More rotten produce than in a pig’s trough.
5) Nervous-​breakdown inducing crowds of misbehaving children.
I thought I made it out of there with a decent haul of groceries, but discovered that the chicken breasts (whose sell-​by date was 3 days in the future) smelled like rotten eggs, the hidden portions of the shrink-​wrapped bell peppers and clementines I bought were TOTALLY ROTTEN AND SHRIVELED (and seriously — why do they shrink-​wrap EVERYTHING on those styrofoam meat trays?!), and the safety seal on my half and half was halfway peeled off.
It’s not saving money when you have to throw half the food away because it’s inedible (and spend your savings on Xanax to help recover from the trauma of dealing with the frenzied masses that swarm the store). I’d rather clip coupons and stick with Stop & Shop, Shaw’s, or even the overpriced but fabulous Hannaford. Even Super Walmart on 101A is a classier store with better products. Yes, Market Basket, you made me call Walmart CLASSY.

I have tried most grocery stores in the area and this is without a doubt in my mind the best.
1. It is always crowded. This is good because that means the food is flying out the door. If you compare expiration dates on meat for example it is ‘youngest’ here. I have been burned a couple of times by the Stop and Shop across the street. I have even seen expired baby food on sale over there. The produce here always lasts the longest once it gets to my house.
2. It is the cheapest. I love to cook and I like being inspired. I check the flyer to see what is on sale and build my menu for the week to suit.
3. There are about a hundred people working there all the time. This ensures that the shelves are always stocked and if I can’t find something I’ve got backup.
4. They have prepared foods and a bakery. This means when I get home after running my errands I can have a caprese salad with fresh bread or a rotisserie chicken to tear into when I get home.
For these reasons it is worth it to me to deal with a crazy parking lot and having to walk slower because of all the other shoppers. Hey, we’re all here for the same reason.