Lisa Lemieux, center right, from Salem, New Hampshire, gets emotional as workers watch their new owner, Arthur T. Demoulas, during a news conference on a TV at the Market Basket in Biddeford.
Lisa Lemieux of Salem, N.H., wipes away tears as she is joined by employees watching Arthur T. Demoulas speak during a news conference on a television at the Market Basket in Biddeford on Thursday.
Barbara Hair of Kennebunkport, who has been called back to work at Market Basket, reacts with joy and relief Thursday morning in Biddeford.
Shane Savage of Lebanon is among a roomful of employees waiting for a televised news conference by Arthur T. Demoulas at the Market Basket in Biddeford on Thursday.
Employees Danny Lassiter and Mike Menard wave to customers outside as workers celebrate the new ownership and getting back to work at the Market Basket in Biddeford on Thursday.
Store manager Micum McIntire takes a photo of a television screen as he and employees wait for a televised news conference of Arthur T. Demoulas at the Market Basket in Biddeford on Thursday.
Pepperidge Farm vendor Robert Campbell, right, hugs employee Keith McGee as Brandon Gould watches at left, as workers celebrate getting back to work at the Market Basket in Biddeford on Thursday.
Front-end manager Mike Menard calls employees back to work as other employees celebrate new ownership and getting back to work at the Market Basket in Biddeford on Thursday.
Customer Wendy Newton of Lyman high-fives an employee at the Market Basket in Biddeford. Newton, who honored the boycott, said, "I'm glad to be back."
Front-end manager Mike Menard pumps his fist as he and store employees gather in their lunchroom at the Market Basket in Biddeford to watch on a television as Arthur T. Demoulas holds a news conference.
Customer Katherine Mount of Lyman hugs store manager Micum McIntire after giving him flowers as workers and customers celebrate a buyout deal that allows them to get back to work at the Market Basket in Biddeford on Thursday.
Market Basket employees Rosimeire Farias of Burlington, Mass., left, and Luz Medina of Revere, Mass., right, clasp their hands as they watch a televised speech by restored Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas at a supermarket in Chelsea, Mass., on Thursday.
Market Basket meat manager Bob Dietz of Methuen, Mass., hugs cashier Mary Olson of Chelsea, Mass., after watching a televised speech by restored Market Basket chief Arthur T. Demoulas at a store Thursday in Chelsea, Mass.
Market Basket employees, from left, Bob Chausse of Dracut, Mass., Kevin Feole of Methuen, Mass., and Jamie Cunneen of Haverhill, Mass., smoke what Feole described as "victory cigars" behind a Market Basket supermarket Thursday in Chelsea, Mass.
Market Basket employees Cristhian Romero of Chelsea, Mass., left, and Tracie Parker of Lynn, Mass., embrace near a likeness of Arthur T. Demoulas at a Market Basket supermarket Thursday in Chelsea.
Market Basket employee Melbi Peraza of Chelsea, Mass., restocks frozen shrimp at a Market Basket supermarket Thursday in Chelsea, Mass.
Market Basket employees Eduin Uribe, left, and Kevin Pineda hoist a sign at a Market Basket supermarket Thursday in Chelsea, Mass.
A worker pushes grocery carts in front of a Market Basket supermarket Thursday in Chelsea, Mass.
Luis Morales of Boston uses a pallet truck as he makes a food delivery to a Market Basket supermarket Thursday in Chelsea, Mass.
Market Basket employee Andrea Mejia of Methuen, Mass., left, works with other employees as they restock shelves at a Market Basket supermarket Thursday in Chelsea, Mass.
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