Post by NEWS on Jun 18, 2004 7:58:47 GMT -8
Here is a grocery store that is looking to expand in California. Maybe Azusa should consider this company. I don't know how good there stores are but there is a store in Brentwood and a few other cities in California that we could go to check them out. I like that it is mostly employee owned.
Small grocery chain eyes landfill site for new store
www.sgvtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,205~12220~2219750,00.html
By Christina L. Esparza , Staff Writer
A development project expected to potentially bring more revenue to West Covina than the embattled Wal-Mart proposal could likely break ground by the end of the year, officials said.
Officials at WinCo Foods, an employee-owned grocery retailer, are looking to build one of the company's first Southern California stores on 35 acres at the former BKK Landfill site, West Covina Mayor Mike Miller said.
That, coupled with Home Depot, is expected to bring about $1.2 million or more to the city in sales tax revenue annually.
The Wal-Mart proposal, struck down with a 3-2 vote in February, would have brought in the same amount of money, Miller said.
"They're entering the Southern California market,' Miller said. "They've actually signed an agreement with the developers.'
WinCo Foods is based in Idaho and has 44 stores scattered throughout the Pacific Northwest, Northern California and Nevada.
The stores, which on average are about 90,000 square feet, have a bakery, delicatessen and seafood department, organic products, a pizza shop with made-to-order pizza and more than 500 bulk-food items according to its Web site.
Also, more than 80 percent of its stock is owned by past and present employees, making it the largest employee-owned company in the Pacific Northwest.
"From what we understand, they're very popular,' said Councilman Roger Hernandez. "From the projections provided by the developer, it would be equal to or better than (Wal- Mart).'
The project is expected to go before the council July 20.
Officials at WinCo and Eclipse Development, the developer for the BKK Landfill site, were unavailable for comment on Thursday.
However, WinCo Vice President of Retail Development Paul Simmons said a in a brief phone message to this newspaper he is not aware of a WinCo coming to West Covina.
Christopher Chung, the city's redevelopment director, said the deal between WinCo and the developer could still be in the infancy stages.
"We have been told by the developer that he has secured WinCo and Home Depot,' Chung said.
-- Christina L. Esparza can be reached at (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2472, or by e-mail at christina.esparza@sgvn.com .
Small grocery chain eyes landfill site for new store
www.sgvtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,205~12220~2219750,00.html
By Christina L. Esparza , Staff Writer
A development project expected to potentially bring more revenue to West Covina than the embattled Wal-Mart proposal could likely break ground by the end of the year, officials said.
Officials at WinCo Foods, an employee-owned grocery retailer, are looking to build one of the company's first Southern California stores on 35 acres at the former BKK Landfill site, West Covina Mayor Mike Miller said.
That, coupled with Home Depot, is expected to bring about $1.2 million or more to the city in sales tax revenue annually.
The Wal-Mart proposal, struck down with a 3-2 vote in February, would have brought in the same amount of money, Miller said.
"They're entering the Southern California market,' Miller said. "They've actually signed an agreement with the developers.'
WinCo Foods is based in Idaho and has 44 stores scattered throughout the Pacific Northwest, Northern California and Nevada.
The stores, which on average are about 90,000 square feet, have a bakery, delicatessen and seafood department, organic products, a pizza shop with made-to-order pizza and more than 500 bulk-food items according to its Web site.
Also, more than 80 percent of its stock is owned by past and present employees, making it the largest employee-owned company in the Pacific Northwest.
"From what we understand, they're very popular,' said Councilman Roger Hernandez. "From the projections provided by the developer, it would be equal to or better than (Wal- Mart).'
The project is expected to go before the council July 20.
Officials at WinCo and Eclipse Development, the developer for the BKK Landfill site, were unavailable for comment on Thursday.
However, WinCo Vice President of Retail Development Paul Simmons said a in a brief phone message to this newspaper he is not aware of a WinCo coming to West Covina.
Christopher Chung, the city's redevelopment director, said the deal between WinCo and the developer could still be in the infancy stages.
"We have been told by the developer that he has secured WinCo and Home Depot,' Chung said.
-- Christina L. Esparza can be reached at (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2472, or by e-mail at christina.esparza@sgvn.com .