It’s not easy being Market Basket.  First you have a major corporate shake-up involving the controlling family who have been fighting for years.  Then your workforce objects to the Board’s actions and tries to get the Board to reverse course.  This dispute results in the effective shut down of many Market Basket stores.  Then management decides to get tough and threatens to fire and replace employees who won’t return to work.  They even organize a jobs fair.  (A risky strategy and horrible PR move, in my opinion.  If it fails, they have no next step.)  Continue reading →