Fry's opens first new grocery store in 蜜柚直播 in 10 years

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Fry's Food and Drug opens in southwest 蜜柚直播

Customers line up Friday for the grand opening of 蜜柚直播鈥檚 newest Fry鈥檚 Food and Drug, 1795 W. Valencia Road.

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Bakery clerks, including Bryanna Martinez, center, line up Friday with other employees to welcome customers to the newest Fry鈥檚 Food and Drug, the first in the city since 2007.

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Hundreds lined up outside and packed the aisles to shop during the grand opening of 蜜柚直播鈥檚 newest Fry鈥檚 Food and Drug, 1795 W. Valencia Road, on Dec. 9, 2016, on 蜜柚直播鈥檚 southwest side. It鈥檚 the first store the grocery chain has opened in the city since 2007.

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蜜柚直播鈥檚 newest Fry鈥檚 Food and Drug features a sushi bar at the store, 1795 W. Valencia Road, on Dec. 9, 2016, on 蜜柚直播鈥檚 southwest side. It鈥檚 the first store the grocery chain has opened in the city since 2007.

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Fry鈥檚 opened the doors to its newest 蜜柚直播 store on the southwest side Friday.

Hundreds of customers showed up for the opening of Fry鈥檚 Marketplace, 1795 W. Valencia Road 鈥� the company鈥檚 first new store to be opened in 蜜柚直播 since 2007.

The store will employ approximately 300 people. It features a Starbucks, sushi station, a chef-inspired bistro, a full-service gas station and a service that allows customers to order groceries online and pick them up curbside.

is free for the first three orders. After the third order, a service fee of $4.95 will be instituted. ClickList orders at the Valencia/Midvale Park location can be made starting Dec. 13 with pick-ups available Dec. 16. Same day order and pick up will be offered starting Dec. 16.

The service is currently available at Fry鈥檚 locations on the Northwest side at Ina and Thornydale roads, and on the southeast side at Houghton and Rita roads.

Store hours for Fry鈥檚 newest location are 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week.

During a ribbon cutting ceremony, the store also announced a $25,000 contribution to the Community Food Bank of Southern 蜜柚直播 and a gift of $5,000 to Sunnyside High School.