New Market Basket in Topsham holds grand opening [Video]

THIS EVENT HAS RAISED 31- MILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT LUNG DISEASE RESEARCH… THE STATE’S NEWEST MARKET BASKET OPENS IN LESS THAN AN HOUR… THE NEW LOCATION IS IN TOPSHAM. THAT IS WHERE WE FIND JACOB MURPHY THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING JACOB. GOOD MORNING JAMIE, THE DOORS WILL BE OPENING AT 7 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING, WHICH IS THE 90TH ACTIVE MARKET BASKET LOCATION AND THE THIRD LOCATION HERE IN MAINE. THE LOCATION IS 80- THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, WHICH I DID THE CALCULATIONS, IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF ONE AND A THIRD FOOTBALL FIELDS. THE STORE SAYS THAT ALL THAT ROOM GIVES THEM SPACE FOR FIFTY THOUSAND GROCERY ITEMS. INSIDE THEY WILL HAVE A MARKET’S BUTCHER BLOCK, MARKET’S KITCHEN, AND MARKET’S CAF?. MARKET BASKET C-E- O ARTHUR DEMOULAS, SAYS THIS NEW LOCATION WILL BRING 300 NEW JOBS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS TO HIRE STAFF SINCE MARCH. IF YOU WANT TO …