Market Basket office manager Gloria Boucher reacts as her fellow employees give her a round of applause as she prepares to check out for the last time after 51 years at the company. Boucher started at the Nashua store in 1970.
Market Basket office manager Gloria Boucher reacts as her fellow employees give her a round of applause as she prepares to check out for the last time after 51 years at the company. Boucher started at the Nashua store in 1970. Credit: GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Market Basket Office Manager Gloria Boucher waved as she left the Fort Eddy store in Concord for the last time as an employee on Friday afternoon. Boucher retired after working for the popular Demoulas supermarket chain for 51 years, starting at the Nashua store in 1970. As funny gift at her surprise retirement party on Friday, her co-workers gave her a lint roller.