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Tom Thumb to open newest Dallas-Fort Worth grocery store in Argyle

This is not the new Argyle Tom Thumb, but one like it.

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Supermarket chain Tom Thumb is opening the doors to its newest location in Dallas-Fort Worth: A new store in Argyle will debut at 6 am Friday, March 6.

The store is located at 1046 Market Way in Argyle, a town in Denton County about 30 minutes north of DFW Airport.

According to a release, the shop will open with some fanfare all weekend long: The first 300 shoppers will receive a bag of groceries, and all shoppers will enjoy samples, specials, and in-store events throughout the day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There's even a chance to win free groceries for a year, as well as free photos with the Easter Bunny.

The new 63,000-square-foot store will include tens of thousands of items, including more than 1,000 local products, the release says. Department highlights include:

Deli / Food Service: ReadyMeals (ready-to-eat, heat, or cook); made-in-store sushi; full-service salad bar; hot line items; 400+ specialty cheeses and charcuterie selections; fried chicken; online party tray ordering with in-store pickup.
Bakery: Fresh bread baked daily; grab-and-go desserts; on-staff cake decorator; in-store fried doughnuts; Arbuckle fried pies; Christie’s cookies; Blue Bell ice cream cakes.
Produce: Hundreds of fresh items, including 200+ organic options; extensive fresh-cut fruits and vegetables prepared daily; expanded South Asian offerings.
Floral: Fresh flowers sourced globally; grab-and-go bouquets; balloon bar; FTD service; custom arrangements for weddings and special events.
Meat & Seafood: Butcher block service; USDA Choice and Prime beef; organic and grass-fed options; seafood steamed at no extra charge.
Grocery: Thousands of everyday grocery and household items; 1,000+ Texas-made products; expanded 72-foot protein section.
Wine & Beer: 1,000+ wines (including temperature-controlled selections); 80 Texas craft beers; wide selection of non-alcoholic beverages.

There's also an in-store Starbucks coffee kiosk, Pharmacy in store with drive-thru lane, and Drive-Up-N-Go grocery pick-up.

“We are so excited to open this Tom Thumb for the Argyle communities," says said Bill Neve, division president, in the release. “Tom Thumb is excited to showcase our full-service grocery store and fresh new items that customers in Argyle will love. We’re incredibly grateful to the town of Argyle for their support of this new store and have been looking forward to meeting our newest customers and welcoming them into their Tom Thumb."

Tom Thumb is on a roll, having opened two more local stores - in Sanger and Sunnyvale - in December. Another one, in Midlothian, is expected to open in April.

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New candy store

Sweet new shop will bring viral Swedish candy craze to Fort Worth

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Assorted Swedish candies.

Swedish candies are the trendiest on the planet right now, and a new shop will soon bring a bountiful assortment to Fort Worth. Called Swedish Candy Culture, it's set to open this spring at 3613 West Vickery Blvd., in the former Muy Frio frozen margarita spot.

The store is a project of the husband-and-wife team Crimson and Lukas Nathanson, who met while working in the music industry and later moved back to Crimson’s hometown of Fort Worth. Lukas, a native of Stockholm who moved to the United States after securing a publishing deal in the music industry, quickly realized he would have to import his favorite sweets because they were nowhere to be found in his new home base.

“In Sweden, candy isn’t just candy,” Lukas says. “There’s a whole culture and tradition behind it.”

Starting in the 1940s, in an effort to encourage healthy eating, the Swedish government introduced lördagsgodis, which literally translates to “Saturday candy,” in which both adults and children would limit their sweets consumption to Saturdays.

Lukas has fond memories of going to the candy store every weekend with his parents or grandparents, and he wanted to bring that experience to Texas, he says. He started first with an online store, which launched on February 1.

When the brick-and-mortar shop opens, more than 200 different varieties of Swedish candies will be on offer, ranging from the country’s beloved salty licorice to sour gummies, chocolate, and more. Those candies will be displayed in an enormous candy wall; drinks and other snacks will be available, as well.

Crimson and Lukas Nathanson are opening Swedish Candy Culture in Fort Worth.Courtesy photo

In addition to the store, the Nathansons will be out and about spreading Swedish candy culture via pop-ups at local events and setting up “candy buffets” for kids’ birthday parties, they say.

All the candies will be imported to Texas from Sweden, even those that are produced in other countries, like Norway and Finland. Lukas says he isn’t all that worried about the tariffs levied on the European Union by President Trump, which have spiked the prices of goods of all kinds.

“It does have an effect, of course,” he says of the tariff-influenced price increases. “But it’s not something that will make or break the business.”

Currently, the Nathansons are hard at work getting their space ready to open its doors, and right now, they expect that Swedish Candy Culture will arrive in Fort Worth sometime later this spring.

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