Waltham's Brothers Marketplace To Open May 1, With Freebie

WALTHAM, MA — If you were starting to wonder when that grocery store at the corner of Moody and Main Street at the Merc would open. Well. It's coming.

The latest Brothers Marketplace, a sister to the Roche Bros. grocery store is opening on Tuesday, May 1.

The new store promises to have shopping and dining with fresh foods, local and specialty products, prepared meals, and grocery essentials.

Brothers Marketplace will host its grand opening to the community on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Mayor
Jeannette McCarthy will be joining for a ribbon cutting and the first 100 shoppers will receive
a $10 Brothers Marketplace gift card.

The folks over at Brothers say everything should be up and running at the 8,500-square-foot market that day, from the salad bar to the hot grab and go items: sandwiches to sushi.

Brothers will also sell plenty of locally made stuff: handcrafted breads from Bread Obsession and charcuterie sliced to order from New England Charcuterie (based in Waltham). Look for Iggy's bread and more.

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Brothers Pat and Bud Roche founded Roche Bros. Supermarkets in 1952. Brothers Marketplace is a next-generation spinoff, by Pat's sons and current owners Rick and Ed Roche.

The Roche brothers have opened two other marketplaces, which are a smaller version of their massive grocery stores and more specialty focused than the kind you might find in West Roxbury. The Waltham Brothers Marketplace will be even a bit smaller than the company's Weston and Medfield supermarkets.

The new market is located at The Merc at Moody & Main and will be open Monday-Saturday
7 a.m.-9p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

Roche Bros.' Brothers Marketplace to open in Waltham

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