Dave and Lindsey Houde, co-owners of Old Boy's Butcher Shop in Merrimack, worked at Market Basket for decades before pooling together their retirement funds to open their own store last June.

His shop, Ted the Butcher ... There's no wagyu, no gourmet sausages, only grass-fed meats and one variety of "old fashioned butcher's snag" — beef made with rice flour and herbs.

Family butcher Eric Lyons has opened a third ... 21-year-old Ollie Harrison was promoted to manage the new shop, with help from 20-year-old former apprentice Joe Dillane, who joined straight ...