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Is Market Basket Losing It's Culture | 7.23.25 - The Howie Carr Show Hour 2

The Howie Carr Radio Network

Howie Carr

News Commentary, Daily News, News, Politics

4.31.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Tom Gordon and Joe Schmidt join the show to give us an update on the Market Basket drama and take calls from the listeners.  Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

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0:00.0

Nothing gets you going in the morning, like a good cup of Joe and a little Howie Car, right?

0:12.3

We love Howie Car, right?

0:15.4

I was referred to today as 1970s Boston.

0:19.5

Hey, paper boy.

0:21.1

It comes from the tabloid talk show stuff in Boston, and it was concocted there.

0:28.3

It's Howie Car.

0:31.5

844-500, 42-42.

0:35.2

For several weeks now, we've been following the turmoil at Market Basket, the largest

0:43.4

and best grocery chain in New England. And as you know, Arthur T. Dumoulis, the CEO, was removed as a chairman, and his top aides, including his two

0:59.5

kids, were removed. And last or a couple weeks ago, they removed more, more of the next level

1:09.3

down of his loyalists.

1:12.0

And then yesterday, they finally fired the two, his two top associates,

1:21.2

grocery supervisor Tom Gordon, who worked there for 50 years,

1:25.8

and operations director, Joe Schmidt, who had 39 years in.

1:30.0

And they fired them yesterday.

1:32.8

We've had them on the show before, and they're back in the studio now.

1:37.3

Tom Gordon and Joe Schmidt to talk about what happens next with Market Basket.

1:46.1

And thanks for coming in, guys. And first first of all my condolences to you for oh thank you thank you for having us we appreciate it

1:50.5

i hope this is a temporary thing but uh tom tom why don't you tell us what happened yesterday

1:56.7

well i was uh i was actually uh away for a couple of days up in Vermont with a little golf

2:02.1

trip, my brothers, and I'd received a text from a number I didn't recognize, but it was a copy

2:08.2

of a notice that I'd gone out to all the stores, saying that they had promoted some other people

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