Development/Redevelopment

H.E. Butt Grocery Co.’s Central Market stores may have been a test of the Dallas/Ft. Worth market waters, as local news reports say the San Antonio-based independent chain is looking to further expand into the Central Texas market.

Sedano’s Supermarkets has purchased three Orlando, Fla.-area Albertsons stores, marking the Hispanic supermarket operator’s first move beyond its south Florida stomping grounds and bringing its total number of locations to 33. The company will officially take control of the stores during the first quarter of 2010.

Wegmans Food Markets plans even more growth outside of its home state, according to a published report.

The Kroger Co.’s Southwest Division and real estate developer Hillwood Properties have inked a deal that will bring the first Kroger Marketplace to Tarrant County, Texas.

Bridgeport, Conn., will serve as home to the Great Atlantic & Pacific Co.’s (A&P) first Food Basics store in the Nutmeg State, which is slated to make its debut Nov. 13 at the site of a former A&P Store at 1700 Park Ave.

Ruddick Corp., the Charlotte, N.C.-based parent company of grocer Harris Teeter, reported an increase in consolidated sales for fiscal 2009 of 2.1 percent to $4.08 billion, from $3.99 billion in fiscal 2008, and a rise in consolidated sales for the fourth quarter ended Sept. 27, 2009, of 2.1 percent to $1.05 billion, from $1.03 billion last year.

With the ceremonial cutting of a register tape rather than a ribbon, regional independent No Frills Supermarkets this week unveiled its first “fresh” concept store in its hometown of Omaha, Neb.

Dana Stanley of Las Vegas was named the winner of the 2009 Coca-Cola California Dream Home Giveaway promotion sponsored by Albertsons, which also awarded 50 additional winners a year’s supply of Coca-Cola products. Albertsons is owned by Minneapolis-based Supervalu.