The former location of Delano’s, which generates a lot of discussion here for some reason, may soon be replaced by a Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market. “Fresh & Easy”? That sounds like the kind of girl you’d want to date. If you are a breakdancer. And it’s the 80′s.
From Curbed:
A little bird just told us that grocery chain Fresh & Easy is this close to signing a 20-year lease for the recently shuttered Delano’s space on South Van Ness in the Mission.
Get the scoop at Curbed SF.
[image via Curbed, thanks Sally!]
Previously:
This is great news! More jobs for local residents and another option for grocery shopping! Hopefully I’ll never have to go to Safeway again!
Nice!!
for anyone that is curious, fresh and easy is a subsidiary of british mega-retailer tesco plc.
I know we’re SF and we’re supposed to hate corporate chains.. but this is actually kind of exciting to me. I went to one of these in LA (groan) and it was surprisingly nice.. decent prices, good produce, and lots of fresh ready-made options for busy-bodies like me.
Yeah, Tesco are pretty crappy, but I’ve never been to a “Fresh & Easy”. Maybe they’re great, I Just. Don’t. Know.
This is a great fit for the neighborhood. Low prices, fresh foods and ready-made items. Take a look at their website – they are kind of an anti-Safeway. (And anti-WholeFoods, for that matter).
YES. im from los angeles and so i have to go back about once or twice a year to see family. fresh and easy is really good stuff, if you like trader joes, you will like this.
I stopped at one of these charming stores in Phoenix and liked it. I remember thinking it was a cross between a Trader Joe’s and a Costco. Glad we’re getting one. I had been hoping for a Trader Joe’s, or even a Mi Pueblo, to move in, but this store should be just as good.
It say a lot about things when the first thing I thought of was that I can apply for a job there.
I like my groceries the way I like my beats: Fresh and Easy
I like my groceries the way I like my women: Fresh and Easy
I like my groceries the way I like my Sudoku puzzles: Fresh and Easy
Emphasis on energy efficiency is great.
Affordable(?)without corns syrup and trans-fats great.
Reliance on lots of packaging for “ready to eat” is not great. Maybe they can be changed.
Much better than Cala.
Much better than condos.
Cala/Delanos
A fecking Tesco, in the Mission, feck that.
I have heard good things about F&E; and it least it will be an interesting alternative.
@someJuan: There is a new market opening up on Mission St. (near 23rd or 24th) that looks like it will be named “Mi Pueblito”; I am wondering if it is a downsized Mi Pueblo or if it is just shamelessly engaging in trademark infringement.
Yeah, I’ve heard mostly good things about it, although I’ve also heard that everything is pre-packaged and over-packaged. It makes me wonder how “fresh” it really is.
The Fresh & Easy Buzz blog, which has been writing about Tesco’s Fresh & Easy since the start, has an interesting take on the South Van Ness/Mission Fresh & Easy story. It’s at http://www.freshneasybuzz.blogspot.com
Welcome to the neighborhood…
http://www.tescopoly.org/
i would also like my girlfriend to be like that. and im not from the 80s. and im not a breaker. dancer.