Webthe firing of the ceo of market basket, a new england supermarket chain, has sparked a serious employee protest. Here's what to know—and why you should care Webshelves went bare and customers boycotted market basket to show their support for the ousted ceo.

Webthe company that operates market basket has agreed to pay $17. 5 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claims it mismanaged its retirement plan for. Websince the market basket board ousted ceo arthur t. Demoulas in late june, thousands of the chain’s 25,000 employees have walked off the job in support of their former boss.