Previously Ed has mentioned there was a rumor that a British grocery chain was coming to Fresno and this appears to be true. "Fresh and Easy" (we can talk more about that name later) will be breaking ground at Tulare and R Street in Downtown Fresno, the former site of the Old Fresno Hofbrau and isn't expected to open for at least a year.
Although the story mentions that they are looking to open other locations in the central valley, they do not mention they will be opening a store in Tower and since the remodeling of the store taking the place of the Drug Fair is well under way, it is probably safe to assume that it wont be "Fresh and Easy".
I am still keeping my fingers crossed that it is going to be a Trader Joes but there is no proof of that either on their website or otherwise. It looks like they have taken the old sign down so I keep hoping the new one will go up soon but that hasn't happened yet.
And so the mystery continues...
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it's not a trader joe's. it's going to be an independent grocery store. the owner has a few others in town. it saddens me a bit because these stores just don't quite live up to the standards of a fresh & easy or trader joe's. shoot, they aren't even as good as a vallarta (chestnut & butler).
i saw the story on fresh & easy on ch30, and i thought they said they were opening 7 in fresno, although that might have been the fresno area. that's cool. i'll hit the downtown one.
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