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Geez. I'm sorry. This is just silly.
There'll be no last-minute shopping for turkeys or trimmings on Thanksgiving Day in Massachusetts.
The state has warned the upscale Whole Foods supermarket chain that it will risk criminal charges under the state's centuries-old "blue laws" if it goes ahead with plans to open on the holiday.
The office of Attorney General Thomas Reilly issued a legal opinion after officials at a Whole Foods competitor, Shaw's Supermarkets, wrote him a letter asking him to block the opening, The Boston Globe reported.
David Lannon, president of Whole Foods Market's North Atlantic Region, said the chain has scrapped the Thanksgiving openings at its 14 state stores.
"We're not going to break the law, he said. "If the blue law says we'll have to be closed, we have to be closed."
Many of the state's Puritan-era blue laws, passed in the 1600s to keep colonists at home or in church on Sundays, have been repealed, such as a ban of liquor sales on Sundays. But one that remains in effect requires all stores, except convenience stores and gas stations, to close on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. - AP
I work at the only Whole Foods Market in greater Boston that wasn't going to be open on The Big Day. The Boston Globe (that rag!) published an article with lots of misinformation. It was great fun when this all came out last week! =)
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Kelli |
Mon Nov 21, 08:11:00 PM