The Retail Thread

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Originally Posted by PhillyPDX

I did see something about them obtaining license and brands for some store names. Does that mean they will just operate Safeways here? Or will everything be switched to Piggy Wiggly?

The QFC and Haggens brand name are going to C and S. The stores in the NW will have one of the names TBD

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Hồng Phát opens a Portland ‘supercenter’ as Asian grocers proliferate



Hồng Phát opens its new supermarket at the former Walmart in Southeast Portland on Friday, filling a prominent storefront that has been vacant for 16 months.

The new store, at the Eastport Plaza shopping center on Southeast 82nd Avenue, opens its doors at 9 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring live music and a dance performance. Hồng Phát hopes to be more than a storefront – it hopes to become a community hub, with a network of satellite businesses leasing space in the building.

Hoang Nguyen, one of the masterminds behind the new Hồng Phát, said the Supercenter “is not just about groceries.”

“Our vision is to create a place where people in the local community can come together and hang out as well,” Nguyen said. “It’s a big space, and our thinking was that we could bring other small businesses in here and people can get their groceries, eat out and get a haircut all in one stop.”

...continues at the Oregonian.