Market Basket (New England)
A typical Market Basket store in Somerville, Massachusetts | |
| Market Basket | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Retail (Grocery) |
| Founded | 1917 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 95 |
Area served | New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island |
Key people | Arthur T. Demoulas (Chief Executive Officer) |
| Products | Bakery (not available at all stores), Dairy, Deli, Frozen Foods, Grocery, Meat, Health & Beauty Aids, Produce, Seafood, Snacks, Beer & Wine |
| Services | Markets Kitchen & Markets Café |
| Revenue | US$7.3 billion (2024) |
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Number of employees | 25,000 (2014) |
| Parent | DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc. |
| Website | shopmarketbasket.com |
DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc., under the trade name Market Basket, is a chain of 95 supermarkets as of 2025 in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, and Rhode Island in the United States, with headquarters in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.
From 1990 through late August 2014, the company was the center of a controversy over ownership and leadership, which culminated in protests receiving international media attention. On August 27, 2014, an agreement was reached between its feuding owners to sell the 50.5% stake of the company owned by the family of Arthur S. Demoulas to his cousin Arthur T. Demoulas for $1.5 billion.