Grocery Outlet To Open In Nearby Lake Forest

LAKE FOREST, CA – Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, known as an "extreme value" supermarket, next week will open a Lake Forest store with a community event featuring savings, games and prizes.

The new locale, with some 30 new hires, will be at 22475 El Toro Road with a Thursday, Dec. 7 ribbon-cutting ceremony officiated by the Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce.

A $1,000 donation of Grocery Outlet Gift Cards will be presented to Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, and $1,000 will be gifted to the El Toro High School ASB Canned Food Drive, said officials of the Emeryville-based bargain-priced retailer. After the ribbon-cutting, lunch will be provided by Taste Catering Café from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a $10 minimum purchase, while supplies last.

A larger grand-opening celebration will be Saturday, Dec. 9 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. with the first 100 customers, 18 years old or older, in line receiving 25-percent off coupons to be redeemed that day and excluding alcohol, dairy or gift cards.

The first 500 customers at the store will receive eco-friendly, reusable bags. Customers also may enter to win a "grand prize of free groceries for a year" -- a $1,200 value, the company said.

Also planned that day are: 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. - Free Spin and Win on the Wheel of Bargains; and 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. - free balloon twister.

A third-generation, family-led company founded in 1946, Grocery Outlet stores are run by independent owner-operators in the local communities. Joel Collar and Paul Ah Sing are owners of the Lake Forest business, company officials said.

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