Overview

• Market Basket filed a complaint Monday in Lowell Superior Court seeking a restraining order to bar Joseph Schmidt and Tom Gordon from company properties.
• The board alleges the former executives visited more than 20 stores and entered the Tewksbury headquarters after hours with a master key to intimidate staff and precipitate a work slowdown.
• Schmidt and Gordon deny any plan to disrupt operations and say they were only checking on colleagues and defending company culture.
• A hearing is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. and both sides are slated to meet with a mediator on Sept. 3 while outside counsel Quinn Emanuel continues its investigation.
• Employees remain divided over workplace conditions, with some alleging a climate of fear and others disputing any hostile atmosphere.