‘Completely against our culture’: Ousted Market Basket officials speak out about ‘pre-planned attack’

Two suspended executives loyal to Market Basket’s CEO visited two stores to thank retiring employees. Outrage ensued. - The Boston Globe

Tensions are so high in the Market Basket saga that even a visit to a store could create an uproar.

‘Completely against our culture’: Ousted Market Basket officials speak out about ‘pre-planned attack’

LOWELL — Like many longtime employees of the eastern New England grocery chain, Joe Schmidt and Tom Gordon started as associates at Market Basket and worked their way up. Schmidt, now the company’s director of operations, started his career in 1986 at a Market Basket store in Danvers, at the age of 14. Gordon started at a store in Salem, New Hampshire in 1975, working his way through high school, and later up through the ranks of the company to …