Super 88 now more like Super 44

Asian grocery chain closes half its stores (but not the one in Allston).

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Holiday Shopping

By RandomHookup | Fri, 10/10/2008 - 4:53pm

What will the BPD have to keep them busy on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day now with fewer stores?

Jasmine Tea

By MadMax | Fri, 10/10/2008 - 7:31pm

Where am I going to get my Jasmine tea? Disaster!

"... a six-figure fine lodged against the company by the Massachusetts attorney general in late June for violating state prevailing wage laws".

Oh dear.

C-Mart

By SwirlyGrrl | Sat, 10/11/2008 - 12:57am

MadMax,there is always C-Mart near South Station.

Are they closing Malden? I'd hate to lose the best place to buy 10kg bags of rice in multiple varieties (yes, we do go through that much!).

Super 88

By Ron Newman | Sat, 10/11/2008 - 8:13am

Today's Globe article says they are keeping Malden, Allston, and Dorchester, while closing Chinatown, South End, and Quincy. But it also talks about poor stocking at the stores that remain open, and mentions new competitors C Mart, Kam Man, and H Mart.

There's also the original C-Mart...

By DarkSun | Sat, 10/11/2008 - 12:28pm

...in Chinatown at 692 Washington Street, which is almost crawling distance from the Chinatown stop on the Orange Line.

The 109 Lincoln Street location SwirlyGrrl refers to is about halfway between Chinatown and South Stations per Google Maps.

Big surprise

By OneMansOpinion | Sun, 10/12/2008 - 8:59am

All the self entited bloggers come out to make smarmy remarks, what a shocker. Any news on that Ikea opening up?

What smarm? And they are in

By stephencaldwell | Sun, 10/12/2008 - 12:37pm

What smarm?

And they are in the processing of tearing down Assembly Sq.

They are not tearing down the Assembly Square mall

By Ron Newman | Sun, 10/12/2008 - 6:41pm

However, they are tearing down the building that formerly housed Good Time Emporium.

I guess I should have been

By stephencaldwell | Mon, 10/13/2008 - 1:43am

I guess I should have been more specific.

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