Shaw's

Happy Valentine's Day!

What? Too soon? Tell that to the Auburndale Shaw's, where Loriane DiSabato snapped this photo on the 23rd:

Valentine's celebration

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Not such a grape idea, was it, buddy?

Wicked Local Allston/Brighton reports a man was nabbed at the self-checkout line at the Western Avenue Shaw's hitting the banana price for the red grapes he'd put on the scale.

Scary sight at local supermarket

Halloween, already?

I was not ready to be confronted with this when I walked into the West Roxbury Shaw's yesterday (it was right at one of the entrances). To paraphrase our own Suldog, "Labor Day comes first!"

Attention to detail at West Roxbury supermarket

Kiddie cart in E-5

Spotted at the Shaw's on Spring Street in West Roxbury. Guess what police district the store is in.

Nothing says Happy Valentine's Day like raw meat

Valentine's meat

At the West Roxbury Shaw's, which also had a heart-shaped shrimp ring for two (it came with two small containers of cockatail sauce).

But how did the police recover the evidence?

Boston Police report arresting two Malden men for shoplifting at the Prudential Center Shaw's around 6 p.m. yesterday.

Police add, however, that Meelad Jalal, 18, and Burgan Rasul, 22, did not attempt to sneak out of the store with anything. Instead, police say, the two, along with a third man, went to the store's prepared-meals area, grabbed some food, walked up to the store's second level and chowed down. Jalal and Rasul, however, were stopped when they tried to leave without paying, according to police, who say that based on the remains, the trio consumed "an order of French fries, a plate of fried chicken, various pastries, biscuits and approximately 2 lbs. of steak tips."

Police add the third guy "screwed," before officers arrived, which explains the BPDNews headline: "Two Arrested for Chewing and Not Screwing."

Innocent, etc.

Why aren't they just giving them away?

The West Roxbury Shaw's still had some of these for sale today - granted, with $1 off with a Shaw's card, but, really, who would buy one?

Cake

At times like these, you can never have too much milk

Milk

Graham watched in amazement as a guy wheeled up to the register at the Packard's Corner Shaw's tonight with 18 gallons of milk, 8 each of whole and 2%, one each of skim and 1%. Plus, of course, toilet paper. He adds:

The whole mess got loaded into a Zipcar and hauled away to presumably frantic destinations unknown. Me? i bought some hot sauce, beer, and cat food. Some people ...

Boston has a supermarket strike after all

While Stop & Shop workers were busy ratifying a new contract this weekend, workers at Shaw's produce warehouse in Methuen were going out on strike, Channel 4 reports. That could mean you'll see only wilted lettuce at your local Shaw's and Star Market - assuming you cross the picket lines the workers could be putting up.