Stop & Shop’s new flagship store officially opened on June 21 at the Allston Yards development, in Boston.
Despite recent news that Stop & Shop intends to shutter underperforming stores, the Ahold Delhaize USA banner has held the grand opening of its newly built flagship store at 305 Guest Street, which is part of the Allston Yards development, in Boston. The nearly 52,000-square-foot store, which offers a modern look and services to make the shopping experience simpler and more enjoyable, is across the street from Stop & Shop’s former location at 60 Everett Street, which closed on June 20 ahead of the opening of the new store on the 21st. Stop & Shop more than doubled its store workforce for the Allston supermarket, hiring more than 100 new associates.
Designed to meet the needs of Allston’s growing and diverse community of almost 70,000 residents, more than half of whom are under the age of 35, the new store features a large assortment of grab-and-go meals and services such as online pickup to better serve on-the-go customers.
Other features of the new store include the following:
- A large produce department with more fresh and local fruits and vegetables
- An expansive assortment of sustainably sourced seafood
- A big prepared foods section with such chef-prepared grab-and-go meals as flatbread pizzas, a full hot bar with a rotating variety of foods, sushi made fresh daily, and ready-made sandwiches
- Free 90-minute parking for customers
- An in-store Starbucks Café and a Citizens Bank branch