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Hudson man ‘Grocer of the Year'■ Robert Thompson Jr. opened Thompson's Market nearly 40 years ago.By The Telegraph staffMANCHESTER - At a time when chain supermarkets provide most people’s weekly food needs, the small neighborhood grocery store still eaters to one niche market; customer service.It is perhaps this quality that has allowed Thompson’s Market in Hudson to maintain a faithful following of shoppers since it opened nearly 40 years ago.On Saturday, its owner, Robert Thompson Jr., was to be named the 2(MH) Grocer of the Year by the New Hampshire Grocers’ Association.Hundreds of the state’s food industry representatives were to be on hand at the Center of New Hampshire when the honor was announced. They also were to view a video that See GROt’KR, Page l-3-Vchronicled the life of the lifelong Hudsonresident and store operator.Thompson's career as a neighborhood grocei began in 1963 when he and his brothei Dave purchased Moore’s Store from Doris Post and renamed itThompsons Market. The two brothersactually dipped a coin to determine who would be the meat cutter and who would be store manager. Dave Thompson became the meat cutter.Over the years, the store’s owners did whatever they had to do to keep their loyal customers, which included many additional services such as a barber shop.But in 1969, just two days before Thanksgiving, everything the two brothers had worked so hard to achieve was destroyed when a fire consumed the store. The brothers successfully
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Nashua Telegraph
Nashua, New Hampshire, US
Sun, Apr 16, 2000
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