Stop and Shop opens at former Somerville Foodmaster spot

Officials celebrate the opening of the new Stop & Shop on on Route 16 Saturday.

By Jarret Bencks, Town Correspondent

A Stop & Shop grocery store is now open for business at a Somerville storefront on Route 16 formerly home to a Johnny's Foodmaster.

Officials from the company and the city of Somerville cut the ribbon on the new store at 105 Alewife Brook Parkway Saturday.

The 24,000 square foot lot is the second former Foodmaster site to re-open as a Stop & Shop. A former Foodmaster opened as a Stop & Shop in Medford in January.

The Somerville store's hours will be 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday.

Jarret Bencks can be reached at bencks.globe@gmail.com. Follow him on twitter @JarretBencks.