{"id":229264,"date":"2017-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/new-grocers-may-be-coming-to-navajo-area\/"},"modified":"2017-02-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T08:00:00","slug":"new-grocers-may-be-coming-to-navajo-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/new-grocers-may-be-coming-to-navajo-area\/","title":{"rendered":"New grocers may be coming to Navajo area"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Doug Curlee | Editor at Large<\/p>\n

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Over the past months, we\u2019ve been following the various efforts to attract new grocery stores to move into previously abandoned markets.<\/p>\n

We might be quite close to a new tenant in the old Albertson\u2019s at Waring Road and Zion Avenue in Allied Gardens.<\/p>\n

Linda Lasher, center manager for Cloverfield Management says talks there are ongoing and constant between the center\u2019s owner and Grocery Outlet, Inc. \u2014\u00a0a bargain market chain that is headquartered in Berkeley, California.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have signatures on the contract yet, but the talks are ongoing. We\u2019re hopeful there\u2019ll be an announcement very soon,\u201d Lasher said.<\/p>\n

The notice of application for a license to sell beer and wine at a market has been on the front door of the old Albertson\u2019s for a couple of months now, and the applicant is indeed Grocery Outlet.<\/p>\n

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Grocery Outlet has applied for a license to sell beer and wine at the old Albertson\u2019s store at Zion and Waring, giving hope to neighbors who have long been needing a nearby grocer. (Foto por Jeff Clemetson)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are currently 10 Grocery Outlet stores in the San Diego region. Nearby locations include Santee, El Cajon and Casa de Oro. The newest Grocery Outlet opened in January in Mira Mesa, so it looks like the company is very interested in expanding into the region.<\/p>\n

According the company\u2019s website, Grocery Outlet customers are \u201cbargain hunters, coupon clippers, working parents, thriving families, and those who love high-quality products at very low prices.\u201d<\/p>\n

The website also says that most Grocery Outlet stores are \u201cindependently operated by locally-based families.\u201d We\u2019re not sure whether the Allied Gardens store will be operated by a local family, but we\u2019ll let you know when we know.<\/p>\n

At the abandoned Fresh and Easy store on Navajo Road in San Carlos, things are, apparently, not nearly so close to fruition. Athena Property management president Mike Garner relayed through a spokesperson the status there.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are talking with several different interests about that space,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are a number of companies interested enough to talk about it, but not near any kind of agreement yet with anyone. It should be noted that some of the groups interested in the property are not grocery companies, but other kinds of businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Waiting to hear on that gave us a chance to check with other food marketers on their possible interest. What we did find out is that Whole Foods and Sprouts know of the property, but aren\u2019t interested.<\/p>\n

Sprouts said the facility just isn\u2019t big enough for their kind of operation. Whole Foods just isn\u2019t interested.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll keep an eye on both.<\/p>\n

\u2014Doug Curlee is Editor-at-Large. Reach him at doug@sdcnn.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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