Grocery wars
A new grocery store chain reveals its first Houston store: It's going after Aldi with healthy discounts
It seems like just yesterday that Sprouts Farmers Market announced plans to invade Houston's hot grocery market, and an opening date has already been set for the first of five forthcoming locations.
Katy shoppers will be able to get their fill of Sprouts' fresh, organic veg at wallet-friendly prices in late March at the 25,000-square-foot store on Cinco Ranch Boulevard and Peek Road.
That's just down the road from Aldi, the German discount grocer, which had set the same month for the opening of its first area store.
"We're looking forward to bringing our unique, 'Healthy Living for Less' approach to grocery shopping to Katy and the surrounding communities. We're also looking forward to meeting all of our new neighbors," Sprouts president and CEO Doug Sanders said in a statement.
He's surely looking forward to meeting the neighbors of the chain's other confirmed locations, too, including a 29,000-square-foot space in Copperfield Village Shopping Center and a 28,000-square-foot spot at Spring Cypress Village.