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T&T’s First California Supermarket Opens Thursday at San Jose’s Westgate Center

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – T&T Supermarket is scheduled to open its first California store Thursday, June 18, at Westgate Center in San Jose, with opening celebrations set for 8:00 a.m. and doors scheduled to open at 9:00 a.m.

The new store is at Westgate Center, Suite #501, 1600 Saratoga Ave., San Jose, CA 95129, near the Saratoga Avenue and Prospect Road intersection in West San Jose.

For Silicon Valley shoppers, the opening brings a large new Asian grocery, bakery and prepared-foods destination to one of San Jose’s busiest west-side shopping centers. T&T says the San Jose store is its first California location and the first of multiple planned locations in the state.

The company says the market will stock groceries across Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asian and other Asian cuisines. Announced offerings include fresh produce, specialty goods, in-store bakery items, ready-to-eat meals and prepared foods.

T&T is also using the San Jose opening to launch more California service through its online operation. The company says Express Delivery, in-store pickup and mail delivery for California customers are scheduled to begin June 18.

Credit: T&T

Westgate Center’s own directory lists T&T Supermarket at 1600 Saratoga Ave. and describes the chain as offering fresh produce, meat, seafood and specialty items from Asian cuisines, along with kitchenware, gifts, in-store kitchens and a bakery selection.

The San Jose store is part of a broader Bay Area push by the Canada-based grocer. T&T says future Bay Area locations include San Francisco and Millbrae.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Bay Area pipeline includes sites at City Center on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco and Friendship Plaza in Millbrae, with both expected in winter 2026. That report described the San Jose market as the first of three Bay Area stores announced by the company.

T&T says it is Canada’s largest Asian supermarket chain, with more than 39 stores across Canada and the United States. The company was founded in Vancouver in 1993 and is now led by CEO Tina Lee, according to the company’s announcement.

Shoppers at a different T&T store. Credit: T&T

In the announcement, Lee called San Jose a long-anticipated store and said the company wants to connect Asian families with the foods and traditions they grew up with while also serving customers discovering Asian foods.

The opening adds another national and international Asian grocery brand to a South Bay retail market that already includes a wide range of Asian supermarkets, specialty grocers, bakeries and prepared-food counters. For West San Jose, the most immediate change is at Westgate Center, where T&T is positioning the store as a grocery stop as well as a place to buy meals, bakery goods and specialty products.

T&T has been promoting membership signups through its app ahead of the opening. The company said California customers who signed up by June 15 could participate in a prize promotion, and it also held Santana Row pop-ups on June 6-7 and June 13-14 for signups, snacks, games and giveaways.

For opening day, the key public schedule remains simple: celebrations are set to start at 8:00 a.m. Thursday, June 18, and the store is scheduled to open at 9:00 a.m. at Westgate Center.

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