Walgreens has ended an experiment in Northwest Houston by closing its location at 12620 Farm to Market 1960 Rd W, Houston, TX 77065. The store opened about two years ago, replacing a full-sized location across the street. The prototype store was the first of its kind in Houston, and the location was downsized to everything but the bare essentials. It was mainly a pharmacy, but it did carry a small assortment of snacks, medical supplies, …
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Searching in vain for Hugslie Land in Sterling Ridge’s Kroger
A couple of years ago, I discovered something that caught my interest. I was working with frequent collaborator Anonymous in Houston on preparing a list of interesting Krogers. We decided that for no particular reason, 2023 would be “The Year of Kroger” on HHR. Every month, AIH would write a post on a Kroger he thought was interesting. While he was writing, I was taking photos, so I had to know why each Kroger was …
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Retail News: pOpshelf closing multiple Houston area locations
Early last month, retailer Dollar General announced it would close 141 stores by the end of the year. The closings would be split between 96 Dollar General stores and 45 pOpshelf locations. pOpshelf is a concept Dollar General uses to compete with retailers like Five Below, skewing to younger, more affluent shoppers. The closings are not unheard of as Dollar General keeps a relatively healthy base of stores, but the much smaller footprint of pOpshelf …
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Retail News: Macy’s closing at Alemda Mall raises questions about the mall’s future
The Macy’s at Almeda Mall took in its final customers last Sunday during its going-out-of-business sale. The store, which opened as Foley’s in 1966, actually predated the mall. The department store proposed the shopping center, and the Rouse Company constructed it. With Macy’s now closed, the store lacks any major anchors. Burlington, which occupied the former JCPenney since 2009, moved out about two years ago and, other than Spirit Halloween, has not held any tenants. …
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Retail News: Sysco To Go will have two locations
Last week on HHR, we broke the news about a new retail concept, Sysco To Go, being developed by food wholesaler/supplier Sysco. This week, we expand on that a bit with new information. The second Sysco To Go location will be in the former Toys “R” Us, turned Sprouts at OST & Kirby, which closed in 2023. Unlike the Town & Country location, this second store, near the Astrodome, will serve an area without any …
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Archie’s Food Basket & Taxidermy Hall of Fame
Howdy, folks, and welcome back to HHR. Today, we’re taking a trip all the way up to Splendora to check out Archie’s Food Basket, which is not actually a taxidermy hall of fame but could quickly become one! Before we dig in, let’s go over the brief history I found. Archie’s opened around 1985 but has older roots in the community. It all started with a single superette in Splendora purchased by Archie Barrilleaux. The …
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Retail News: Nordstrom Rack opens tomorrow in Westchase
Nordstrom’s off-price division, Nordstrom Rack, will open a new store tomorrow at 10885 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042. This will mark the chain’s 7th location in Houston, opening about 5 months after the most recent store in Meyerland Plaza. This new store, the first on Houston’s westside, helps close a gap left after Syms, a similar off-price designer store that sat catty-corner from the Westchase Shopping Center, closed in 2011. The new store will also …
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How Pearland’s Bass Pro ended up by itself
They say a picture is worth a thousand words; maybe a thousand years from now, these pictures will be worth a few words. Right now, they hold far less value as they depict something that any Houstonian driving by has become accustomed to. A massive retail store sits on its own at a major interchange. However, it wasn’t meant to be this way. This Bass Pro Shop is the crown jewel of a multi-decade plan …
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Retail News: Sysco reportedly developing “To Go” Restaurant Club in West Houston
Massive Houston-based wholesaler Sysco is reportedly working on a new concept named Sysco To Go. According to a Reddit post, it will be a “restaurant club”. Construction work has been ongoing for the past few months at the former Town & Country Bed Bath & Beyond. According to the architectural plans linked in the post, this will be a grocery retail operation featuring walk-in coolers and curbside pickup. While its name entails that this will …
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Retail News: Kroger to close Woodlands store by May
A Kroger location at 6700 Woodlands Pkwy, The Woodlands, TX 77382, will close by May 6th. The store has been the anchor of the Sterling Ridge Shopping Center since it opened in December 2000. Kroger and Randalls initially dominated The Woodlands; however, by 2004, an HEB opened across the street from this location. In 2012, Trader Joe’s entered the Houston market with a store catty-corner to Kroger. Kroger has not expanded on why this location …
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