T&T Supermarket, Canada’s largest Asian supermarket chain, will open its first Southern California location Dec. 10 at Crossroads Marketplace in Chino Hills.
The 61,000-square-foot store at 13021 Peyton Drive – the grocer’s largest California store to date – features an extensive Asian grocery selection, fresh produce, premium meats, live seafood, Korean and Japanese beauty products and more than 300 T&T private-label products. The grand opening ceremony begins at 8 a.m., with doors opening at 9 a.m. with giveaways and live performances.
Foodservice focus
The in-house T&T Kitchen serves made-to-order street foods such as Taiwanese-style rice rolls and the Baby Bear Bao (a bear-shaped steamed bun filled with braised pork), plus a BBQ station with carved-to-order meats, a hot food bar, a sushi counter and the chain’s Crispy Papa Chicken, which has gone viral on social media.
The T&T Bakery offers more than 300 specialty breads, pastries and desserts, including Portuguese egg tarts and Bolo Butter Buns, along with Christmas-themed cakes and party trays for the holidays.
More locations planned
The Taiwanese-Canadian grocer continues expanding in California, with future stores underway at Irvine’s Great Park and additional Bay Area locations in Millbrae and Newark. T&T characterized the customer response to its recent Bay Area openings as “wildly successful.”
The Chino Hills store is hiring, with walk-in interviews weekdays from 2-5 p.m. at 13089 Peyton Drive, Unit A.
Founded in Vancouver in 1993 and headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, T&T operates more than 40 stores in Canada and the United States and is led by second-generation CEO Tina Lee.
The Chino Hills store puts T&T in the country’s densest Asian-grocery market: Southern California is home turf for 99 Ranch Market, the largest Asian supermarket chain in the U.S., which broke ground this summer on a redevelopment anchoring its San Gabriel hometown.
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