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Tina Lee. Photo credit: T&T Supermarket.<\/p>\nSAN JOSE, Calif. \u2014 T&T Supermarket, the largest Asian grocery chain in Canada, made its California debut with the opening of a new store Thursday at Westgate Center in San Jose, drawing thousands of shoppers and marking a key step in its U.S. growth.<\/p>\n
Tina Lee. Photo credit: T&T Supermarket.<\/p>\n
\u201cSan Jose is a long-anticipated store,\u201d said Tina Lee, CEO of T&T Supermarkets. \u201cWe\u2019re bringing more than just exciting, high-quality foods. We\u2019re exporting a new way of life from Canada: one that\u2019s deeply food-centric, celebratory, rich in tradition, and fresh-obsessed. We aim to help Asian families stay connected to the food and traditions they grew up with. In pursuit of this cause, T&T has also become a destination for Asian food discovery for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thousands of eager shoppers and devoted fans of T&T Supermarket poured into its newest store. Customers began lining up before sunrise for the launch, which featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony with local officials along with entertainment such as lion dancing, robotic performances and giveaways. The event also gave shoppers their first chance to experience the retailer\u2019s mix of grocery, dining, bakery and prepared foods, along with specialty products from across Asia.<\/p>\n
The store adds to its network of 39 locations across North America. Grand opening celebrations are set to continue through June 21, including live entertainment and daily giveaways for the first 500 customers.<\/p>\n
Photo credit: T&T Supermarket.<\/p>\n
Shoppers had access to thousands of items representing Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asian and other cuisines, in addition to the store\u2019s in-house bakery, prepared foods, fresh produce and private label assortment.<\/p>\n
Popular items on grand opening day included:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Mega ramen 12-pack bundle with a surprise gift<\/p>\n
\u2022 Rice dumplings, zongzi or sticky rice cakes wrapped in banana leaves<\/p>\n
\u2022 Street-style, savory Chinese crepes<\/p>\n
\u2022 Taiwanese rice rolls<\/p>\n
\u2022 Papa Crispy Chicken<\/p>\n
\u2022 Napoleon Portuguese Egg Tart \u2013 currently fresh mango and Dubai chocolate<\/p>\n
\u2022 Fresh mango cake (hole and by the slice)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Fresh durian, jackfruit and longans and lychees<\/p>\n
\u2022 Special World Cup-themed treats like soccer ball shaped beverages<\/p>\n
\u2022 T&T Private Label items such as Green Onion Pancake, Taiwanese Sausage, Pork<\/p>\n
Soup Dumplings, etc.<\/p>\n
Grand opening day stats:<\/p>\n
\u2022 First guest in line at 4:25 a.m.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Over 300 ready-to-eat prepared foods from the T&T Kitchen<\/p>\n
\u2022 Over 200 fresh baked goods from T&T Bakery including specialty cakes, assorted<\/p>\n
breads and pastries<\/p>\n
\u2022 Over 300 private label items from T&T, including frozen goods, coconut water, snacks and household items<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2014 T&T Supermarket, the largest Asian grocery chain in Canada, made its California debut with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-367397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}