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"Excitement is building in the city of Biddeford as the new Market Basket is getting ready to open its doors.Construction is underway and the company plans to hire 300 employees, and it looks like those positions won't be hard to fill because a manager of the soon-to-open store told News 8 that they've received more than 500 applications already.\"Hey, I'll go in the deli department and slice bologna. I've never done it before, but I would love to try it or in the bakery department,\" said Jo-Ann Bertrand.Bertrand is among the 400 employees laid off when the Nissen Bakery Plant closed last year. She'd been with the company 14 years.The Market Basket store is going to be located in the Biddeford Crossing development in the former Lowe's, which closed in the fall of 2011.\u00A0 One hundred people lost their jobs when it closed.Linda Harvey is among the hopeful job applicants.\"I've heard it was an excellent company to work for. My cousin in Londonderry has friends that work at the store and have found that they are very good to work for,\" said Harvey.The company is leasing the storefront and plans to start interviewing people Thursday.Bertrand is hoping to stand out among her fellow job applicants by buttering up her future bosses.\"I sent my application in to the home office in Tewskbury, with a cover letter welcoming them to Biddeford and saying, 'You're going to love Biddeford Crossing because it's a great place to be,'\" said Bertrand.The Market Basket manager News 8's Jim Keithley spoke with said if people would like to apply for a job, they can just come Thursday.\u00A0 The on-site interview area will be located at Unit 100 at Biddeford Crossing, which is near the entrance.The store is expected to open in July."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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