May 18, 2025
Fresh News for the Neighborhood You Love
The Margarita Muñiz Academy Food Pantry has been selected by Stop & Shop’s leadership team as a Stop & Shop Bloomin 4 Good Program Nonprofit Partner. This means that the Muñiz Academy will receive $1 for each specially marked $10.99 Bloomin 4 Good bouquet sold during the month of September at the Stop & Shop at 301 Centre St.
On Saturday Jamaica Plain’s Stop & Shop celebrated Marty the Robot‘s 1st birthday. It’s fair to argue that robots don’t have birthdays. But tell that to C-3PO!
Like the majority of Stop & Shop supermarkets across New England, Jackson Square’s Stop & Shop is closed due to a company-wide employee strike. While the store is closed, employees and supporters are picketing outside of the store, chanting, cheering and standing in solidarity with their fellow union members.
Customers will be charged no less than 5 cents for each paper bag at retail establishments as part of the new plastic bag ordinance — and Stop & Shop will be donating all of the money it takes in from the paper bag fee to the Emerald Necklace Conservancy.
