Canada’s Largest Asian Food Retailer Expands to California

T&T Supermarket Inc.—the largest Asian food retailer in Canada—will open its first California store in the fall of next year. The 55,000-square-foot store is set to debut at a former Walmart location inside Federal Realty’s 645,000-square-foot Westgate Center in San Jose, Calif.

The launch will mark T&T’s third store in the U.S. Its first location is set to open this summer in Bellevue, Wash., inside Kimco Realty’s Marketplace at Factoria. The brand’s second store is slated to launch in the summer of 2025 in Lynwood, Wash.

T&T’s California store will feature a barbecue counter, noodle station, dim sum and street food section, made-to-order Chinese crepe station, as well as an in-store bakery, to name a few. The store will also trade its Private Label products.

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Federal Realty purchased Westgate Center for $149.4 million in 2004, CommercialEdge data shows. The tenant roster includes Ross Dress for Less, Target, T.J. Maxx, Nike, Nordstrom Rack and Old Navy.

Located at 1600 Saratoga Ave., Westgate Center is some 4 miles from Interstate 280 and roughly 8 miles from downtown San Jose. Within a 3-mile radius, there are 76,225 households with an average income of $208,496, according to Federal Realty.

Loblaw’s steps to reinforce its U.S. presence

T&T started out in 1993 in Vancouver and now operates more than 33 stores throughout Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Loblaw Cos. purchased the company for roughly $225 million in 2009.

Loblaw sold all its National Tea Co. U.S. stores in 1995 and its last Joe Fresh U.S. store closed in 2016, although the brand is still available online. However, the company is slated to strengthen its U.S. presence with a brick-and-mortar location once T&T’s first store launches in Washington.