TRESIERRAS CHAIN GROWING AGAIN 7TH MARKET TO BE BUILTBY LATE FALL IN IN NEWHALL.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer NEWHALL - The sons and grandsons of the founders of the Tresierras grocery chain broke ground with a golden shovel Thursday for construction of a 30,000-square-foot, full-service supermarket scheduled to open in November. Daniel and Richard Tresierras, sons of the founders of the small chain that began more than 40 years ago with a store in San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. , were pleased their parents' legacy has grown. The new Tresierras supermarket will be the seventh in the chain. ``It's been a long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. , but we've gotten this far,'' said Daniel Tresierras, 78. ``This market is being built from the ground up. This will be the best one yet.'' To be built on Carl Court and San Fernando Boulevard in Newhall, the market will include a tortilleria, an expanded meat counter and produce section, said Arturo Tresierras, executive vice president of the chain store. A 22,000-square-foot strip mall strip mall n. A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot. Noun 1. will be built next to the market to house retail outlets including a shop selling sandwiches and coffee. This will be the second Tresierras Market in Newhall, where one opened in 1981. Arturo Tresierras said it will stay in business, along with the new, larger market. The customer base has grown beyond the local Mexican- American community and could use more than one Tresierras market in town, he said. He said the new supermarket will continue the tradition of selling diverse products. ``It caters to everyone,'' he said. ``The adage I like to use is everybody likes a good deal. It has nothing to do with where you come from.'' Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Mayor Cameron Smyth Cameron Smyth is a Republican who has represented Califoria's 38th Assembly district since December of 2006. He succeeded Keith Richman who was term limited. Prior to being elected to the state legislature, Assemblyman Smyth served on the Santa Clarita City Council, where he and Councilwoman Laurene Weste helped kick off the groundbreaking, saying the new market will help the city continue revitalizing Old Town Newhall. ``We're really proud of your family,'' Weste told the Tresierras brothers. ``We want to see you succeed.'' Francisco and Pilar Pilar strong-minded female leader of a group of guerrillas in the Spanish Civil War. [Am. Lit.: Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls] See : Female Power Pilar Tresierras, who settled in Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. in the late 19th century and later moved to the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , established the first Tresierras market in 1944. Most of the family's stores are in the Valley, but the Newhall market has become a major hub for the local Latino community, selling items such as fresh tamales, a variety of chilies in the produce department and fresh paper-thin carne asada in the meat section. Susan Abram, (661) 257-5255 susan.abram(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Brothers Daniel, left, and Richard Tresierras are expanding the chain of markets founded by their parents in 1944. They talk at a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a second store in Newhall. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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