Roche Bros.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1952 in Roslindale, Massachusetts |
Founder | Pat and Bud Roche |
Headquarters | Wellesley, Massachusetts |
Key people | Ed Roche and Rick Roche, owners |
Products | Groceries, Perishables, Prepared Foods, Beer and Wine (select stores only) |
Revenue | $389 million [1] |
Owners | associates: 4,600[2] |
Website | rochebros |
Roche Bros. Supermarkets, Inc. is a chain of supermarkets based in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The company's stores are primarily located in the Boston Metro Area. Roche Bros. also operates the supermarket chain Sudbury Farms.
A third banner, Brothers Marketplace, primarily the next-generation concept of the brothers Ed and Rick Roche, has two locations both opened in 2014. The first one was opened in Weston, Massachusetts and a second in Medfield, Massachusetts.[2][3][4]
History
Pat and Bud Roche opened their first store in Roslindale, Massachusetts in 1952 as a meat and produce shop. The store expanded to include groceries in 1957.[5]
As of May 2013, the chain had 15 Roche Bros. and three Sudbury Farms locations.[6]
On April 29, 2015, an additional store opened in Boston's Downtown Crossing in the space formerly occupied by the original Filene's Basement.[7][8]
Locations
Roche Bros currently has 20 locations.
Roche Bros.
- Acton, Boston, Bridgewater, Burlington (formerly), Easton, Marshfield, Mashpee, Millis, Natick, Needham, Norton, Quincy, Wellesley, Westborough, West Roxbury, Westwood
Sudbury Farms
- Needham, Sudbury, Randolph (formerly)
Brothers Marketplace
- East Cambridge, Kendall Sq. (coming in 2018),[9] Waltham, Weston, Medfield
References
- ^ "Roche Bros. Company Information", Hoover's
- ^ a b "Brothers Marketplace to Open in Medfield, Mass.", The Providence Journal, July 23, 2014
- ^ Reiss, Jaclyn, "Omni's exit makes way for new arrival", The Boston Globe, May 22, 2014
- ^ Roche Bros releases some details on new small-format banner Food Dive, November 18, 2013
- ^ "Roche Bros. - Company Information". Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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- ^ Leung, Shirley, "With new openings, Downtown Crossing to take on European flair", The Boston Globe, April 29, 2014
- ^ Convey, Eric, "Scenes from opening day: Roche Bros. opens in Downtown Crossing (BBJ photo gallery)", Boston Business Journal, April 29, 2015
- ^ Roche Bros Grocery coming to Kendall Sq.