EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is on the verge of operating 150 U.S. locations with the opening of four stores this week and four more scheduled to open Feb. 24.
The eight openings will bring the chain's total to 145 stores in California, Arizona and Nevada.
Of the four openings that took place Wednesday, one is in Phoenix, Ariz.; and the other three are in Southern California (Northridge, Rialto and Ventura). Of the four stores due to open next week, three are in Southern California (Los Angeles; Whittier; and Lakeside, near San Diego) and one is in the central California town of Reedley, about 25 miles southeast of Fresno.
Fresh & Easy is owned by the United Kingdom's Tesco.
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