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Rouses breaks ground for 2 new stores

Sulphur, Moss Bluff would be Westernmost outposts

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

September 18, 2017

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Rouses Supermarkets last week held groundbreaking ceremonies for two new stores to be build in Calcasieu Parish in Southwestern Louisiana.

The units in Sulphur and Moss Bluff, La., near Lake Charles, would be the Westernmost stores to be operated by Thibodaux, La.-based Rouses, whose stores are mainly located along the I-10 corridor from Lafayette, La., east to Mobile, Ala.

Rouses announced plans to build a new store in West Mobile earlier this month. The company entered that market in 2013 through the purchase former Belle Foods stores.

The new stores, expected to open in 2018, would expand Ruses to 58 locations.

Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Sulphur and Moss Bluff locations were held last Tuesday.

About the Author

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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