Roche Bros.

Roche Bros. Supermarkets, Inc. is a chain of supermarkets based in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The company's stores are primarily located in the Boston Metro Area. Roche Bros. also operates the supermarket chain Sudbury Farms.

Roche Bros.
Private
IndustryRetail
Founded1952 in Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts
FounderPat and Bud Roche
HeadquartersWellesley, Massachusetts
Key people
Ed Roche and Rick Roche, owners
ProductsGroceries, Perishables, Prepared Foods, Beer and Wine (select stores only)
Revenue$389 million [1]
Number of employees
4,600[2]
Websiterochebros.com

A third banner, Brothers Marketplace, primarily the next-generation concept of the brothers Ed and Rick Roche, has five locations. The first one was opened in Weston, Massachusetts and a second in Medfield, Massachusetts, both in 2014. Since then three more have been opened. Waltham, Massachusetts in 2018, Duxbury, Massachusetts in 2019 and Cambridge, Massachusetts also in 2019.[2][3][4][5][6]

History

Pat and Bud Roche opened their first store in Roslindale, Massachusetts in 1952 as a meat and produce shop. The store expanded to include groceries in 1957.[7] The brothers later passed down the company to their sons Jay, Ed, and Rick Roche.

On April 29, 2015, a Roche Bros. store opened in Boston's Downtown Crossing in the space formerly occupied by the original Filene's Basement.[8][9]

As of May 2019, the chain had 15 Roche Bros. and two Sudbury Farms locations.[10]

Locations

Roche Bros currently has 20 locations.

Roche Bros.
  • Acton, Boston, Bridgewater, Easton, Marshfield, Mashpee, Millis, Natick, Needham, Norton (closing in June 2020), Quincy, Watertown (coming in 2020),[11] Wellesley, Westborough, West Roxbury, Westwood

Sudbury Farms
  • Needham, Sudbury

Brothers Marketplace
  • Cambridge, Duxbury, Medfield, Waltham, Weston

References
  1. "Roche Bros. Company Information", Hoover's
  2. "Brothers Marketplace to Open in Medfield, Mass.", The Providence Journal, July 23, 2014
  3. Reiss, Jaclyn, "Omni's exit makes way for new arrival", The Boston Globe, May 22, 2014
  4. Roche Bros releases some details on new small-format banner Food Dive, November 18, 2013
  5. "Roche Brothers' New Brothers Marketplace Now Open In Waltham", Patch, May 2, 2018
  6. "Roche Bros. Opens Brothers Marketplace In Duxbury, Massachusetts". August 1, 2019.
  7. "Roche Bros. - Company Information". Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  8. Leung, Shirley, "With new openings, Downtown Crossing to take on European flair", The Boston Globe, April 29, 2014
  9. Convey, Eric, "Scenes from opening day: Roche Bros. opens in Downtown Crossing (BBJ photo gallery)", Boston Business Journal, April 29, 2015
  10. Roche Bros. locations - website
  11. "Big 2019 plans in store at Watertown's Arsenal Yards". Watertown TAB.
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