November / December 2015

A Letter from the President and CEO

Increasingly, however, the mountains of data available to retailers are creating opportunities for grocers who can leverage the vast trove of information at their fingertips.

"Trapped in footprint malaise, traditional grocery stores are closing stores, capitulating business...it's time for a new view, and new business model–the grocerant model."

That crowd migrated from Boston, where the first Roche Bros. store opened in 1952 as a meat and produce store, out to the suburbs. Boston's 'burbs are where Roche Bros. grew into a regional powerhouse, with 21 stores doing an estimated $600 million in annual sales.