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Albertsons supermarket chain shuts down Fort Worth location

A little less Albertsons in the world.

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Four supermarkets in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are scheduled to close on December 1, including one in Keller near far north Fort Worth.

Two are Albertsons stores; the other two are Tom Thumbs. But all four fall under the same corporate umbrella; Albertsons and Tom Thumb merged in 2014.

The stores are being closed because they're unprofitable, according to the Dallas Morning News.

The locations of the stores that are closing are as follows:

Albertsons at 10800 N. Beach St., Keller
Albertsons at 1300 W. Belt Line Rd., DeSoto
Tom Thumb at 2600 Flower Mound Rd., Flower Mound
Tom Thumb at 820 S. Macarthur Blvd., Coppell

Tom Thumb/Albertsons spokeswoman Connie Yates called the closures a "tough decision" but one that's necessary for success.

The Keller location did not lack for competition: There are two Walmarts, three Krogers, a WinCo, and an Aldi all within a mile.

Albertsons currently has 16 locations in Tarrant County. The closure will bring that number to 15. Once it closes, the closest Albertsons will be at Fossil Creek Plaza.

At the same time, the company is opening two Tom Thumb stores in Dallas' urban core: one right outside downtown and another in Uptown Dallas in the new Union building at Cedar Springs Road and Akard Street.

The company is also closing stores in Houston — specifically three Randalls stores, another supermarket chain that it owns.

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Supermarket chain H-E-B to break ground on new store in Bedford

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A new H-E-B supermarket planned for the mid-cities is official: According to a release, the Texas supermarket chain will break ground on a new location in Bedford, at the northwest corner of Cheek-Sparger Road and Rio Grande Boulevard (the road into the Glade Parks development) in Tarrant County.

The location was previously leaked by the city of Bedford, who've since taken their post down but now it gets the official nod by H-E-B. The chain will also break ground on a store in Murphy, located at FM 544 and McCreary Road in Collin County.

The opening date is projected to be sometime in the second half of 2026.

Bedford joins two other locations in Tarrant County: H-E-B Alliance, which opened on April 10, and H-E-B Mansfield which opened in June. H-E-B also operates Central Market locations in Fort Worth and Southlake.

The Bedford location will face SH121 and include an H-E-B Fuel station and car wash, plus a True Texas BBQ restaurant within the store, a dedicated drive-thru, a pharmacy drive-thru, and an expanded grocery pick-up area.

According to the city of Bedford, H-E-B purchased the property in 2015, and the cities of Bedford and Euless forged an agreement allowing both the property tax and the sales tax generated by the store to be split between the two cities, since the property falls within both cities.

Four other H-E-B stores have opened in northern Texas including Frisco, Plano, Allen, and McKinney - part of H-E-B's big expansion across North Texas, with more stores coming to Melissa, Prosper, and Rockwall. H-E-B is also introducing Joe V’s Smart Shop by H-E-B to the region, an innovative price format with a smaller assortment of community focused products, with two locations planned for south Dallas.

H-E-B has a strong DFW presence via its Central Market stores, which debuted in the Dallas area in 2001, now with four locations in Dallas, Plano, Southlake, and Fort Worth.

There are also H-E-B stores in some surrounding towns including Burleson, Hudson Oaks, Granbury, and Waxahachie.

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