CHEF’STORE to open 2nd Utah location in 2023

CHEF’STORE, the fast-growing warehouse retail concept from US Foods, will open its second location in Utah in February, Rosemont, Illinois-based US Foods said Wednesday.

The 20,000-square-foot store will be located at 2986 E. Panther Way in St. George. With the addition of the St. George location, US Foods will have 88 CHEF’STORE locations across the continental United States, the company said in a statement.

“We are excited to expand our CHEF’STORE footprint in the great state of Utah,” said Irfan Badibanga, president of CHEF’STORE. “St. George is a blossoming city with a vibrant restaurant and culinary scene, and we look forward to supporting the community’s culinary needs with restaurant-quality products at competitive prices.”

With no membership fee required, the location will offer over 7,000 restaurant-quality products as well as fresh meat, produce, dairy, deli items and frozen seafood. The store will also feature baking ingredients, beverages, catering essentials, janitorial supplies and other restaurant essentials.

Continuing its footprint expansion, CHEF’STORE on Saturday opened a new location in the "Hub City"—the Upstate South Carolina region that includes three major cities: Greenville, Anderson and Spartanburg. The 33,000-square-foot store at 300 W. Blackstock Road in Spartanburg is the fourth CHEF’STORE in South Carolina.

In April 2020, US Foods acquired Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores to accelerate growth in the cash-and-carry market. In March 2021, the stores were rebranded as US Foods CHEF’STORE. US Foods is a foodservice distributor that partners with approximately 250,000 restaurants and foodservice operators.