For Immediate Release: January 14, 2009 Contact: Eddie Owens, Director of Corporate Communications
(office 806.788.4863; cell 806.928.0462)
Market Street Rolls Out Red Carpet for
Coppell-Lewisville Store’s Grand Opening
COPPELL, TX (Special) - When value-priced foods, gourmet ingredients and healthy snacks are what you fancy, North Texas shoppers will find nothing better than the newest Market Street Coppell-Lewisville store. United Supermarkets’ world-class food concept store, located at 700 N. Denton Tap Road in Coppell, opens its doors at 6 a.m. today, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:30 a.m. The 70,000 square-foot store features an in-store health care clinic, drive-thru pharmacy, sushi bar and “A Taste of Market Street” – a mini-version of Market Street found within the confines of the parking lot and designed for quick access and convenience, complete with fuel station, bakery, gourmet meals to go, fresh produce and many other items found inside the main store.
Additionally, the Market Street Coppell-Lewisville grand opening serves as an introduction to the supermarket chain’s new Nutritional Tag Program, making it easier for Market Street guests to live a healthier lifestyle in 2009. Designed by Market Street’s own dietitians, the labeling system will help guide guests in making food decisions to improve health as well as manage or prevent disease. Market Street DFW Nutritionist Alicia Brown also will be on-hand to illustrate the new program and provide complimentary shopping assistance to guests wanting to develop healthier eating habits without expanding their food budgets.Market Street is a unique market that combines the everyday groceries store guests need with the specialty items, whole-health/gourmet products and pre-prepared foods they want. The first store opened in Wichita Falls in 1998, and other stores followed in Amarillo and Lubbock. Market Street now has five DFW stores located in Frisco, Allen, McKinney, Colleyville and Coppell-Lewisville.
Coppell-Lewisville is the third Market Street location to open in the Metroplex within the past year, bringing more than 1,200 job opportunities to the North Texas area. Market Street Plano, currently under construction at W. Park Blvd. and Preston Road, is tentatively scheduled to open in April 2009.
On Saturday, Market Street’s Family Fun Day will highlight the Coppell-Lewisville store’s grand opening. In addition to the Radio Disney promotions and live music in Peet’s Coffee Shop, Disney star and former North Texas teen actress Debby Ryan (The Suite Life on Deck) will make a guest appearance from 2 to 4 p.m.. Throughout the two-week grand opening celebration, Market Street guests may enter to win a 42-inch TV, Market Street gift cards, portable media players, Disney World family vacation and many other prizes.
“With the Coppell and Lewisville communities whole-heartedly welcoming Market Street to the area, we’re doing our part to say, ‘howdy,’” said Curtis Comer, store director at Coppell-Lewisville’s Market Street. “Our grand opening celebration is the perfect time for North Texans to experience what other Market Street guests in other communities have come to expect from their neighborhood grocery store.”
Among the Market Street's features are:
- A full-service meat-seafood counter,
- An extensive array of fresh produce (including a large organic complement),
- A whole-health center stocked with natural, organic and bulk foods, and the leading supplement brands,
- Full-service floral department,
- An extensive selection of wine and beer selections from around the world,
- Dish Kitchen Store,
- Fresh sushi bar,
- Peet's Coffee and Tea shop,
- Frozen drink/smoothie bar,
- A large bakery emphasizing made-from-scratch pastries, desserts and artisan breads,
- An in-store health care clinic offering treatment for most common minor illnesses, including allergy-related symptoms, colds and flu, strep throat, vomiting and diarrhea, minor burns and skin rashes/infections. Additional services include glucose testing, pregnancy testing, school/camp physicals, diabetes screening, blood pressure checks and common vaccinations. ,
- Drive-thru pharmacy, and
- A wide variety of great foods from several in-store restaurants available for dine-in or take-out, with seating to accommodate more than 125 people for instore dining.
- Compettive pricing
Now in its 93rd year of operation, United Supermarkets, LLC, is a Texas-based, family-owned grocery chain with stores in 29 markets across north and west Texas. A self-distributing company with its headquarters and distribution center in Lubbock, United currently operates 49 stores under three distinct formats: United Supermarkets, Market Street and Amigos United.