Central Market (Texas)
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Private Division of H-E-B Grocery Company |
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| Industry | Retail (Grocery) |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas, USA |
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Number of locations
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9 |
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Area served
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Texas |
| Products | Bakery, dairy, deli, floral, frozen foods, meat, produce, seafood, snacks |
| Services | Catering, cooking classes, wine classes |
| Website | centralmarket.com |
Central Market is an American gourmet grocery store chain owned by H-E-B Grocery Company based in San Antonio, Texas. It specializes in high-quality, hard-to-find gourmet foods. Most locations also have a full-service kitchen, offer cooking and wine classes in their culinary school, and offer catering services. The chain has nine locations, all in Texas. Central Market was named "Outstanding Specialty Food Retailer" by Specialty Food Magazine and the National Association for Specialty Food Trade.
The original store opened in 1994 in the Central Park Shopping Center on North Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas, two years after its competitor Whole Foods went public. A popular following began immediately after the store opened. Many Texas foodies were attracted to the store's offerings and were willing to travel from other cities just to shop in the store. Beyond supplying hard-to-find products, Central Market's highly trained staff are knowledgeable about all things epicurean.
It was not long before H-E-B Grocery Company expanded the chain to Alamo Heights, Fort Worth, Dallas and Houston. The chain's second store opened in 1997 in a converted H-E-B on Broadway in the San Antonio area (in the Alamo Heights city limits). Two years later, a third store was opened on South Lamar in Austin. Fort Worth and Houston were introduced to the chain for the first time in 2001, with stores on West Freeway and Westheimer, respectively. Central Market's sixth and seventh stores opened in 2002 on East Lovers Lane in Dallas and Coit Road in Plano. Continuing its Dallas/Fort Worth area expansion, an eighth store opened at The Shops of Southlake in Southlake on December 6, 2006, and another store opened in the Preston Hollow neighborhood of Dallas on February 15, 2012.
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