San Jose, Calif. — T&T Supermarket Inc., Canada’s favorite Asian grocery retailer, will open its first store in California at the Westgate Center in San Jose in fall 2025. With two stores in the works in Washington, this marks T&T’s third store announcement in the Unites States.
The 55,000-square-foot store is taking over space formerly occupied by Walmart.
T&T operates more than 33 stores across Canada, and is a full-service unique shopping experience known for its vast selection of authentic Asian products, fresh produce, full service meat counter, live seafood tanks and an in-store prepared foods program like no other.
The new location will feature a BBQ counter, noodle station, dim sum and street food section, hot food bar and a made-to-order Chinese crepe station. The store will also have an in-store bakery with freshly prepared mochi puffs, egg tarts, Hong Kong style pastries and customized cakes. It will be the first time Californians will be able to access the chain’s signature Private Label products including pineapple cakes, Taiwanese sausages, soup pork dumplings and green onion pancakes.
The developer of Westgate Center is Federal Realty, a leading real estate investment trust specializing in shopping centers such as Santana Row. “The first time I visited a T&T, it blew my mind,” says Jeff Kreshek, western region president of Federal Realty. “I came back from Canada thinking, ‘We have to make this happen.’ People don’t know what they are missing. T&T is a dynamic concept that caters to the eclectic interests and preferences of our community. To take the T&T experience and put it into Westgate Center — it’ll be a force multiplier.”
T&T Supermarkets is the largest Asian supermarket chain in Canada, operating over 33 stores in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. T&T Supermarkets was founded in Vancouver in 1993 and is now led by second-generation successor and CEO, Tina Lee. T&T Supermarket is headquartered in Richmond, BC. For more information, visit: www.tntsupermarket.us.
Federal Realty is a recognized leader in the ownership, operation and redevelopment of high-quality retail-based properties located primarily in major coastal markets from Washington, D.C., to Boston as well as Northern and Southern California. Founded in 1962, its urban, mixed-use neighborhoods include Santana Row in San Jose, Calif., Pike & Rose in North Bethesda, Md., and Assembly Row in Somerville, Mass. For more information, visit www.federalrealty.com.
SOURCE: T&T Supermarkets