This is how long grocery store lines were today
If you haven’t stocked up before the big storm tomorrow, you might want to skip the grocery store altogether tonight.
Grocers and retailers around the region were reportedly chock full of storm preppers on Monday as residents stocked up on milk, bread, and gear to combat the snow and ice.
A Boston Globe employee shot video (above) that showed the line at the Market Basket in Somerville winding through the store on Monday evening.
He wasn’t the only one who noticed.
No one in Somerville keeps more than one day of groceries at a time. Somerville market basket. @universalhub #snowstorm pic.twitter.com/Bxu1217uky
— Mooshrimp (@mooshrimp) March 13, 2017
A reporter for WBZ noted that the line at the Market Basket in Chelsea was “around the corner” around 1 p.m. Monday.
The line at Market Basket is around the corner people buying whatever they can to prep for the storm # Wbz pic.twitter.com/kOGdeXk7CW
— Paul Burton (@PaulWBZ) March 13, 2017
According to an NBC reporter, the Market Basket in Leominster was packed around 5 p.m., but extra workers were called in to keep up with demand.
Market Basket in Leominster is packed. Extra workers called in to help keep the lines moving. Every lane open #NBCBoston pic.twitter.com/uCtGtZrpUE
— Perry Russom (@perryrussom) March 13, 2017
The Roche Bros. grocery store in Boston’s Downtown Crossing also had quite a long checkout line.
In the checkout line at Roche Bros in Downtown Crossing… extends through the ENTIRE store! Everyone is getting ready for the #Blizzard. pic.twitter.com/FOAFSHZ8pV
— Rob Way (@RobWayTV) March 13, 2017
15 minutes into the checkout line at Roche Bros… getting close! #Blizzard pic.twitter.com/dviAsfpFEz
— Rob Way (@RobWayTV) March 13, 2017
A reporter for Maine-based WGME also noted that a local Market Basket was out of quite a few essentials.
Milk is going fast here at #MarketBasket @WGME pic.twitter.com/J7QtHzYdUj
— Sam Read (@NBC10_Sam) March 13, 2017
Mannnnn they’re even all out of BROCCOLI?! #Savages pic.twitter.com/KrRQcTX4UV
— Sam Read (@NBC10_Sam) March 13, 2017
Much of Massachusetts is expected to get more than a foot of snow during Tuesday’s storm, with up to 15 inches predicted for Boston, according to forecasters.
