United Supermarkets Brings Freshness to Frisco, Unwraps its Newest ...

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Frisco's freshest face, United Supermarkets' newest Market Streetstore, opens its doors today to customers looking for a uniquegrocery shopping experience. With a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8a.m., Market Street - a world-class food concept store - serves theNorth Texas community as a brand-new haven for fresh produce,gourmet meats and cheeses, and a wide selection of quality items tomeet every shopper's needs. The 70,000 square-foot Frisco storewill feature a research-and-development kitchen, in-store healthcare clinic, drive-thru pharmacy and the Dallas-Fort Worth area'sfirst "A Taste of Market Street" - a mini-version of Market Streetwithin the confines of the parking lot and designed for quickaccess and convenience, complete with fuel station, bakery, gourmetmeals to go, fresh produce and many other items found inside themain store.

"United Supermarkets is excited to offer North Texas and the Friscocommunity a shopping experience unlike any other," said UnitedSupermarkets CEO Dan Sanders. "Our Frisco store will have somethingfor everyone. For the gourmet chef in you, we offer the finestproduce, meats and cheeses to make those meals shine. For thatindividual-on-the-go, he/she can utilize the drive-thru convenienceof 'A Taste of Market Street' and pick-up a delicious meal and afew other items without having to get out of the car. We're goingto see a lot of smiling faces enter this grand store, and we'regoing to do our best to make sure those smiles savor the moment andenjoy all that Market Street has to offer."

Market Street is a unique market that combines the everydaygroceries store guests need with the specialty items,whole-health/gourmet products and pre-prepared foods they want. Thefirst store opened in Wichita Falls in 1998, and other storesfollowed in Amarillo and Lubbock.

The Frisco Market Street location will be the anchor tenant forEldorado Market Place, a 400,000-square-foot shopping center at thenorthwest corner of Eldorado Parkway and Dallas North Tollway. Itis the fourth Metroplex location for Market Street and second ofthree new stores to open this year. The Allen location opened Feb.29, and the Coppell store is slated for completion in earlyNovember. Other Metroplex Market Street locations are located inColleyville and McKinney and have been in operation since 2003 and2004, respectively.

To highlight its arrival in Frisco, Market Street will be hosting aseries of events throughout the following week. On Friday, renownedcalligraphy expert and master engraver Ken Brown will engravepurchased wine bottles for in-store guests, free of charge, from 9a.m. to 6 p.m. On Saturday, Market Street welcomes the DisneySummer Games, featuring Hannah Montana's Cody Linley, who plays"Jake Ryan" on the hit show. Radio Disney will be onsite from 1-3p.m. featuring contests to coincide with Disney's Summer GamesPromotion, and Linley will be on-hand to participate in the gamesand greet fans.

On Sept. 6, Market Street presents "Back-to-School Bash" - acelebration for the Frisco community featuring Cajun swamp rockband L'Angelus. The event, which goes from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., willhave BBQ Semi Grill serving complimentary hamburgers and hot dogs.The band will perform from 2:30 to 6 p.m., with Bill Mack emceeingthe day's festivities.

"We wanted to roll out the 'red carpet' to welcome all Frisco andNorth Texas residents to our newest Market Street location," saidRobert Bollinger, store manager at Frisco's Market Street. "This isa great opportunity for our community to experience Market Streetand have a grand time in the process."

Among Market Street's other features are:

-- A full-service meat-seafood counter

-- An extensive array of fresh produce (including a large organiccomplement)

-- A whole-health center stocked with natural, organic and bulkfoods, as well as the leading supplement brands

-- Full-service floral department

-- An extensive selection of wine and beer from around the world

-- Dish Kitchen Store

-- Fresh sushi bar

-- Peet's Coffee and Tea shop

-- Keva frozen drink/smoothie bar

-- A large bakery emphasizing made-from-scratch pastries, dessertsand artisan breads

-- A wide variety of great foods from several in-store restaurantsavailable for dine-in or take-out, with seating to accommodate morethan 125 people for in-store dining

About United Supermarkets

United Supermarkets, LLC, is a Texas-based, family-owned retailgrocery chain with stores in 27 markets across North and WestTexas. A self-distributing company with its headquarters anddistribution center in Lubbock, United operates 47 stores underthree distinct formats: United Supermarkets, Market Street andAmigos United.

Now in its 92nd year of operation, the company is noted for itscustomer service and community involvement, having been named theinaugural winner of Supermarket News' Community Service Award in2003 for its innovative concept of UCrew community volunteer teams.UCrew organizes volunteer team members to provide community servicein every United neighborhood.

In 2001, United Supermarkets was named winner of the BetterBusiness Bureau's National Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics. Mostrecently, United Supermarkets has been named one of the "BestCompanies to Work for in Texas" the past three years, one of only20 companies named to the list every year since its inception.