The new look strikes customers as soon as they enter the Fresh &Easy Neighborhood Market grocery store — gone are the long, conventional supermarket aisles, replaced by an open, airy ambiance anchored by a grab-and-go and hot-food eating area in the center of the footprint.
The 167-store chain, based in Los Angeles, has spent the past several weeks relaunching some of its 19 grocery stores in the Las Vegas Valley. The Fresh &Easy locations are in California, Nevada and Arizona. At its peak in the Las Vegas market, the Fresh &Easy chain had 25 stores.
In November 2013, a court approved Yucaipa Cos. to take over the Fresh &Easy stores after its previous owner, British retailer Tesco, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2013.
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