page_title: Johnnie's Foodmaster
section_title: Closure
hierarchical_section_title: Johnnie's Foodmaster / Closure
caption_attribution_description: English: Melrose Foodmaster during closing liquidation in November 2012.
context_page_description: Johnnie's Foodmaster, more commonly known as simply Foodmaster, was a chain of supermarkets in the Boston Metro Area. It had its headquarters in Chelsea, Massachusetts and all stores were located in the state. On November 18, 2012, all ten stores closed, with six leases being transferred to Austin, Texas–based Whole Foods Market, and two to Quincy–based Stop & Shop; the future of the remaining locations was unknown at the time of closure.
context_section_description: In late August 2012, it was announced that Austin, Texas–based Whole Foods Market was in the early stages of talks to acquire the leases of six of the 10 Johnnie's locations to expand its presence in the region. The fate of the remaining four locations was not disclosed at the time. On October 26, 2012, Johnnie's announced that it had finalized its agreement to sell the leases for its Arlington, Brookline, Charlestown, Melrose, South Weymouth, and Beacon Street Somerville.  A week later, it was announced that the remaining stores in Medford, Lynn, Whitman, and Somerville (Alewife Brook Parkway) would be closing as well, with the Medford store becoming a Stop & Shop.  Hilco Merchant Resources, an Illinois-based company, was retained to conduct all liquidation sales.  The lease for the Alewife Brook Parkway store in Somerville was acquired by Stop & Shop in February 2013.
caption: The Melrose store during liquidation.
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