Upscale grocery Market Street opens third location in Allen

by PegNews wire

ALLEN — United Supermarkets' newest Market Street store, located on the southeast corner of Hwy. 75 (Central Expressway) and Bethany Drive in Allen, celebrates its grand opening on Friday, Feb. 29, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. The ceremony will conclude three days of store-opening events, which also includes a Preview Party Wednesday evening for Allen-area community leaders and a team member rally on Thursday night.

The Allen store is the first of three new Market Street openings on the company calendar for 2008. The second store is scheduled to open in west Frisco this summer, while a third new Market Street is targeted for completion before Thanksgiving in Coppell.

"The new stores are part of a larger strategic plan for growth and expansion in the Dallas-Fort Worth market," explained CEO Dan Sanders. "Our plan over the next few years is to project the Market Street banner throughout the northern trade areas of the Metroplex."

The Allen store is an anchor tenant for upscale development Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm, an 880,000-square-foot, mixed-use lifestyle destination for North Dallas and Collin County consumers. In addition to the shopping center that houses Market Street, the development also will include restaurants and single-family residences.

Market Street is a world-class food concept store, a unique market that combines the everyday groceries store guests need with the specialty items, whole-health/gourmet products and pre-prepared foods they want. The first store opened in Wichita Falls in 1998; other stores are located in Colleyville and McKinney.

Market Street's features include: full-service meat-seafood counter; extensive array of fresh produce (including a large organic complement); whole-health center stocked with natural, organic and bulk foods, as well as the leading supplement brands; full-service floral department; extensive selection of wine and beer selections from around the world; Dish Kitchen Store; fresh sushi bar; Peet's Coffee and Tea shop; frozen drink/smoothie bar; large bakery emphasizing made-from-scratch pastries, desserts, and artisan breads; drive-thru pharmacy; and wide variety of great foods from several in-store restaurants available for dine-in or take-out, with seating to accommodate more than 125 people for in-store dining.

In Coppell, the 70,000-square-foot store will be the anchor tenant for Coppell Crossing, at the northeast corner of Texas Hwy. 121 and Denton Tap Road, and will be the company's ninth store under the Market Street banner. Coppell Crossing is a 110,000-square-foot retail development by United Commercial Development that also will include Bank of America. Several other retailers are still in negotiation. The construction effort is scheduled for completion in late 2008.

The Coppell store will be another "third-generation" Market Street store, featuring the warm, earthy tones that debuted with the opening of the company's newest store in late 2006 in Lubbock.

A unique feature of the Coppell Market Street will be a 2,300-square-foot miniversion of the main store - aptly named "A Taste of Market Street." Not to be confused with a convenience store, the smaller version will offer many of the same products - including meals to go - but in a drive-thru setting. The mini-store also will include a multi-pump fuel station.

Source: Market Street