Reading Patch Readers Prefer Market Basket

In last week's POLL: Which Local Grocery Store Do You Prefer, Reading Patch Readers choose Market Basket two to one.

Last week, Patch asked our readers: which grocery store do you prefer, Stop and Shop or Market Basket? The results are in. By a two to one victory, readers picked Market Basket over Stop and Shop. With a total of 221 votes, Market Basket took 67 percent of the vote (149) and Stop and Shop had 33 percent (72). Here are some of the comments people shared on why they voted the way they did. M wrote: "If I go to a Market Basket, it's worth the trip to me to go to the one on rt 38 in Wilmington - feels like the aisles are a foot wider & entire store much larger. It feels like any time I'm in the Reading store, regardless of time of day or day of week, at all aisles except frozen goods has at least one, if not two, employees set of with a large …

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Social Media Saturday

North Reading's Week in Social Media

Heav'nly Donuts, Stop & Shop, and the ice skating rink proposal were on everyone's mind this week.

Here at North Reading Patch, social media is a big deal. It's how we interact with you, answer your questions and get to see what's on your mind. Social Media Saturday is a weekly feature where we highlight your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook and other media throughout the past week. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Here is a sampling of comments and happenings on our Facebook page and the social media world from the past week: The Flint Memorial Library has been more active on Facebook this week. Due to the holiday, people who use the library catalog at home will not have access this weekend. The catalog will be available again on Tuesday.

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