Market Basket to open next week in Scarborough
Employees and contractors are putting the finishing touches on a new Market Basket opening Nov. 6 in Scarborough. (Kelley Bouchard/Staff Writer)
A new Market Basket supermarket will open Nov. 6 in Scarborough in the The Downs development off Haigis Parkway.
“We’re excited to be here and to become a part of the community,” store director Eric Beaulieu said Thursday as employees and contractors put finishing touches on the building, landscaping and product displays.
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Beaulieu said he has already hired 300 people — including Scarborough High School students and other Greater Portland residents — and there are many other full- and part-time positions available.
This will be the fourth Market Basket in Maine, after stores in Biddeford, Westbrook and Topsham. The Massachusetts-based company operates more than 90 stores across New England.
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It will be the second supermarket to open in The Downs, a 577-acre mixed-use development of a former horse-racing facility that stretches from Route 1 to Payne Road.
Maine’s first Costco opened there in 2023 and is driving nearly 2 million shoppers annually to nearby businesses, a study found.
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Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and. More by Kelley Bouchard
