Fresh Ideas, Produce and Energy Come to Cirelli’s Marketplace as Seekonk Resident Takes Over as General Manager

Author: Steve Dubin

DATELINE: MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.

Cirelli’s Marketplace of Middleborough is pleased to welcome John Santos as the new general manager of the retail division of Cirelli.

Santos, a Seekonk resident, has more than two decades of supermarket and food services. He held management positions with a number of well known companies, including Whole Foods, Purity Supreme, A&P, Angelos and Save A lot. He also ran a restaurant called Senor Santos with his brothers.

Under John Santos’ new management, Cirelli’s Marketplace will be expanding fresh, local produce; in-house baking of specialty desserts; ethnic foods appealing to the growing ethnic mix in the region; and a fuller range of product sizes to choose from. This summer, under Santos direction and initiative, Cirelli’s Marketplace will feature both a local Farmer’s Market outside on Fridays from 4 to 7 pm and a Car Classic Cruise Night every Saturday from 4 pm to 8 pm.From Humble BeginningsOriginally founded in Brockton over 60 years ago, Cirelli Marketplace, the retail division of Cirelli Foods, was originally referred to as Cirelli's Cash & Carry. Today the 17,000 square foot Cirelli Marketplace provides customers with the opportunity to shop for name brand products at warehouse prices, with no membership fees. Cirelli Marketplace, located at Cirelli Foods’ Middleborough facility, contains 4,000 on-shelf products, and provides access to any of the other 10,000 items in stock in their warehouse. The Marketplace is a state-of-the-art retail operation offering a wide selection of name brand foods, paper goods, beer and wine as well as a full selection of liquor. Cirelli Marketplace is located at 30 Commerce Boulevard in Middleborough, MA, with close proximity to Interstate 495, and Routes 44 and 24. For additional information about Cirelli Marketplace please call 1-508-947-8211, email marketplace@cirelli.com, or visit www.cirelli.com.