Shoppers at the Johnnie’s Foodmaster on Beacon Street in Somerville Thursday had a difficult time accepting the news that the family-owned, no-frills store they depend on for bargain groceries may become an upscale Whole Foods supermarket.
“It’s a total shock,” said Barbara Palombo, 66, pushing a cart of groceries with her granddaughter. “My sister used to work here when she was 16, and she’s 61 now, so you do the math. It would be a great loss.”
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These people, like Whole Foods, never have enough. Why do they have to gobble everything up? Why can't they leave some places alone and let them be? Why go into a working class neighborhood and drive up the prices? Are they ever satisfied? Does everyone have to grow and grow and grow at the expense of ordinary people? What is wrong with this country?