Blood Feud

Blood Feud is a tale of the American dream gone awry, chronicling the rise of the fictional Galetti family and the vicious lawsuit that proves to be their undoing. Valued at $2 billion in annual sales, feared by its larger competitors, and loved by its loyal customers, the Galetti Supermarket chain carves itself a comfortable niche in the food industry in the Boston region in the ’60s and ’70s.

However, when one of the co-owners dies prematurely, deeply rooted family disagreements begin to erode the once-tight bonds holding the family-based corporate management together. The bonds are severed as old jealousies and mistrusts devolve into outright accusation and hatred, and the embittered widow sues the surviving brother and CEO for misappropriation of company profits.

Russell Riley—company president, board member, and lifelong family friend—narrates the tale and recounts the company’s meteoric rise to prominence and ignominious fall from grace. Caught in the middle of the warring branches of the family and torn between allegiances to both sides, Riley struggles to maintain stability in his life and in the company in the wake of the very bitter—and very public—legal battle.