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Shaw’s, the state’s second-largest supermarket operator with 84 stores, recently laid off 700 workers.

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Walmart and Target promote themselves as one-stop supermarkets for busy families.

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Whole Foods Market has 21 stores in Massachusetts and is building three more over the next year.

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Johnnie’s Foodmaster will close all 10 of its stores, and is selling leases of six of them to Whole Foods.

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Stores like Trader Joe’s use offbeat marketing to promote innovative stock.

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Wegmans operates a massive store in Northborough, and has two more locations on the way.