For Immediate Release: February 17, 2009 Contact: Eddie Owens, Director of Corporate Communications
(office: 806.788.4863; cell: 806.928.0462)
Market Street to Bring
350 Job Opportunities to Plano
PLANO, Texas - Market Street, United Supermarkets’ world-class food concept store, has opened the hiring process for its newest Dallas-Fort Worth-area location, bringing more than 350 job opportunities to North Texas. Market Street’s new Plano store, located at W. Park Blvd. and Preston Road, is scheduled to open
April 1.
Market Street Plano is the all-in-one grocer’s fourth DFW store to open in the past 14 months and sixth since 2003. The recent North Texas growth initiative has brought more than 1,600 new positions to the area.
In preparation for the new store opening Market Street will host a job fair Feb. 18 through March 6 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church’s Wesley Hall, 5801 W. PlanoPkwy, in Plano. Company officials will take applications and conducting interviews for all full- and part-time positions. The interview schedule is Monday-Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon.
Currently, prospective Market Street team members may apply online at
www.MarketStreetUnited.com/careers, or call 1-888-MKSTJOB for more information.
“We are thrilled that Market Street can provide so many job opportunities to the North Texas community during these tough times,” said Ashly Gann, regional talent manager for United Supermarkets, LLC. “Our team members help complete the Market Street shopping experience. It’s the only place where you can discover value-priced groceries and hard-to-find specialty items in a friendly, neighborhood environment.”
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 70,000 square-foot Plano store boasts many convenient attributes that current Market Street guests love, including an in-store health care clinic, drive-thru pharmacy and Peet’s Coffee Shop.
The first Market Street store opened in Wichita Falls in 1998, and other stores followed in Amarillo and Lubbock. With its newest addition, Market Street now has six DFW stores located in Frisco, Allen, McKinney, Colleyville, Coppell-Lewisville and Plano.
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.