Governor: Grocery chain fight at 'critical point'

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday he was hopeful that a family fight over the Market Basket grocery store chain that has sparked an employee walkout and a customer boycott can be resolved soon.

Patrick told reporters he was hoping to speak with warring cousins Arthur T. Demoulas, who was ousted as CEO in June, and Arthur S. Demoulas as negotiations reached a “critical point,” with the immediate future of the company and its employees possibly hanging in the balance.