T&T Supermarket

T&T built its following in Canada long before it crossed the border. Cindy and Jack Lee founded the chain in Vancouver in 1993. Loblaw bought it in 2009, and current CEO Tina Lee now runs it as Canada's largest Asian grocery retailer, with more than 35 stores across British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. The brand didn't open a U.S. store until December 2024, in a former Walmart in Bellevue, Washington (about 76,000 square feet), followed by a second Washington store in Lynnwood a year later, in a former Sprouts Farmers Market space of roughly 30,000 square feet. Then came San Jose. A 55,000-square-foot store at Westgate Center opened June 18 as T&T's first California location, and it didn't just do well. It became the chain's best-performing U.S. debut yet.