LYNNWOOD — From bamboo leaves to hot and sour vermicelli, one of Canada’s largest Asian grocery chains plans to open a second Washington location in Lynnwood next year.
T&T Supermarket’s new Snohomish County grocery store is expected to open a year from now, summer 2025, at the Lynnwood Crossroads shopping center, 6218 196th Street SW., the company said in a statement.
“We never stopped looking at locations in Washington after the announcement of our flagship store in Bellevue,” T&T CEO Tina Lee said in a statement. “There’s excellent growth potential here, and although we originally planned on only committing to a second location after Bellevue opens, we just couldn’t resist this opportunity.
Although smaller than the Bellevue location, Lee called the Lynnwood storefront, a former Sprouts Farmers Market, a “great location in a former grocery box — at 30,000 square feet.”
The retailer’s stores typically offer Asian snacks, produce, live seafood, bakery goods, gifts and in-store prepared foods, such as popcorn chicken, sticky rice wraps and Chinese crepes.
The two Washington locations are T&T Supermarket’s first U.S. venture. Founded in 1993, T&T Supermarket operates more than 30 stores in British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec and Ontario.
Last year, the Richmond, British Columbia-based retailer announced plans to enter the U.S. retail market.
The Bellevue location is set to open soon at the Marketplace at Factoria.
The chain is billing the King County location, at 76,000 square feet, as the largest Asian specialty supermarket in Washington.
The Bellevue store was scheduled to be open by now, but an equipment glitch has delayed its debut, the company said.
“Today we have good news and bad news,” Lee’s statement continued. “The good news is we have signed our second location. The bad news is our first store is delayed. Unfortunately, our electrical panel — a critical piece of equipment — is on backorder.”
“We do not have an official opening date for Bellevue yet,” Lee added, “but we are determined to open later in the year.”
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