Market Basket’s newest store opens Sunday at 7 a.m. in Revere — more than a year after it was completed and ready for business in July 2013.
The store’s opening — and progress on others — was stalled by infighting among Market Basket’s directors and shareholders that triggered the firing of CEO Arthur T. Demoulas and a six-week employee uprising in his support this past summer.
Demoulas gained full ownership of the chain in late August and reassumed its helm.
Tewksbury-based Market Basket’s next store openings will be in Littleton early next month and Waltham in early December, according to Market Basket operations manager David McLean.
“Then we have a couple of stores that will follow in Attleboro and Athol that will be in the beginning part of 2015 — definitely the first quarter,” he said.
Hiring and training employees takes six to eight weeks, and the upcoming holidays will interrupt the process. But, aided by the publicity surrounding the employee and customer rallies, the chain has seen heightened interest from job-seekers, according to McLean.
“So many have said, ‘We’ve heard such great things about Market Basket, and we want to be part of it,’” he said. “I think it’s the same sentiment that a lot of customers have expressed who shop with us. They want to support a business … that cares very deeply about their associates.”
