Rice Epicurean Market

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Community-based independent Rice Epicurean Markets’ unveiled its remodeled store in the West University neighborhood of Houston, which was designed specifically for its upscale, urban neighborhood.
 

With summer in full swing, grocers are expanding their foodservice departments and operations to take advantage of consumers’ perceived vacations from cooking,

Rice Epicurean Markets is planning a multimillion-dollar remodel of the store located in the West University/Medical Center at Kirby in the company’s headquarters city of Houston.

Rice Epicurean Markets, which bills itself as Houston’s oldest family-owned grocery store chain, is now offering Logan Farms Spiral Sliced Honey Glazed Hams and Turkey Breasts in all five of its stores, each of which will offer fully cooked hams and turkeys in a variety of sizes, as well as ham by the slice.

Houston-based Rice Epicurean Markets has completed a series of enhancements to its online grocery shopping and delivery service (www.RiceDelivers.com), including new lower service fees, the addition of thousands of new products, a new fleet of refrigerated delivery trucks, additional customer support staff, and a line of private label products.

The upscale Houston grocer adds fellow independent Dorothy's Lane's signature decadent desert to its lineup.