Seafood is arranged on display in the newly opened meat department at FreshCo Food Center at Olive Avenue and First Street. The store is planning a third location.
ERIC PAUL ZAMORA
ezamora@fresnobee.com
FreshCo Food Center plans to open its third grocery store in Fresno.
The locally owned supermarket is taking over a former Dollar General at the southeast corner of Ashlan Avenue and Fresno Street.
That store was home to a Gong’s Market years ago and a Foodplus, among other stores over the years. It’s been empty for a while.
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The new FreshCo is expected to open in the spot by the end of the year or early next year, said AK Mohsin, the owner’s son.
FreshCo has two other locations in town. One is at Shields and Brawley avenues in a former Save Mart. It serves Latino and Indian customers. The other store, at First Street and Olive Avenue, serves Latino and Asian customers.
The stores opened with the intention of serving Latin American foods, but found the people in the neighborhood wanted a more diverse assortment, Mohsin said.
“Once you’re open, you learn who your community is, and you adjust,” he said. “FreshCo will serve the community around it, whatever that community is.”
The Ashlan location will serve Hispanic customers and whoever else in the neighborhood becomes part of its customer base, he said.
The former Golden Bowl
The Olive Avenue store recently expanded its offerings too.
It used to be Golden Bowl Super Market before the current family bought the store in 2021. It has a huge produce department with a wide selection of Asian vegetables and an outdoor plants section.
FreshCo recently opened its meat department and kitchen. In addition to chorizo and steaks, it sells beef tongue, oxtails and more.
A prepared foods section now sells hot chow mein, fried rice, chicken legs and more.
Even though the store has been operating under the FreshCo name for five years, it’s planning a grand opening now that the new sections are open. It will likely happen later this year, Mohsin said.
FreshCo Food Center is a supermarket catering to Asian, Latino and Indian customers, located at the corner of First Street and Olive Avenue. Photographed Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026 in Fresno. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com
Asian vegetables are seen for sale at FreshCo Food Center Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. The supermarket specializes in Asian and Latino food. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com
Plants are watered in the nursery at FoodsCo Food Center at First Street and Olive Avenue Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026 in Fresno. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com
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Bethany Clough covers restaurants and retail for The Fresno Bee. A reporter for more than 20 years, she now works to answer readers’ questions about business openings, closings and other business news. She has a degree in journalism from Syracuse University and her last name is pronounced Cluff.