Friday, March 20, 2015

Roche Bros. Supermarkets in the News

Two stories popped up about Roche Bros., the Wellesley, MA based supermarket company that is also opening smaller concept stories that marry the restaurant and supermarket concepts.

First is a visual design award:

http://supermarketnews.com/store-design-construction/roches-brothers-marketplace-wins-visual-award

Here is a snippet from that piece:

Roche Bros. Supermarkets said Thursday its neighborhood-focused Brothers Marketplace format has won the 2014 International Visual Identity Award in the retail category for its concept, store design and decor.

The two Brothers Marketplace stores — an 11,000-square-foot unit in Weston, Mass., that opened in May and a 9,000-square-foot store that opened in Medfield, Mass., in July — were inspired by European-style food markets, with an emphasis on unique offerings in prepared foods, baked goods, seasonal and exotic produce, meats, cheeses and packaged foods from local producers, the company said.

Next is news on their digital eCommerce efforts for recipes:

http://www.progressivegrocer.com/departments/technology/roche-bros-launches-online-tool-shop-recipe-ingredients

Here is a snippet from that piece:

Roche Bros. is launching a convenient way to shop for the ingredients of any recipe online. Customers in the Greater Boston area can add the ingredients from any recipe to the grocer’s online shopping cart with one click on a special bookmark.

...

The partnering vendor, Foodily, said its Popcart tool helps consumers shop for food because nearly nine in 10 home cooks (86 percent) find recipes online.

I know a few of the folks at Roche and they are quality, smart people with a passion for what they do.  Good luck in these efforts!

Happy Reading,

J.G. Gant

No comments:

Post a Comment