California is getting a major new grocery name, and Bay Area shoppers who love hard-to-find foods from around the world may want to circle June 18.
T&T Supermarket, the largest Asian grocery chain in Canada, is opening its first California store at Westgate Center in San Jose. The new market is scheduled to open Thursday, June 18, with opening celebrations beginning at 8 a.m. and doors opening at 9 a.m.
The store will be located at 1600 Saratoga Ave., Suite 501, in West San Jose. At about 55,000 square feet, it is expected to create roughly 300 local jobs.
For Bay Area food lovers, this is not just another grocery opening.
T&T has built a loyal following for its mix of Asian groceries, fresh prepared foods, bakery items, imported snacks, private-label products, seafood, produce, frozen foods, sauces, pantry staples, and ready-to-eat meals. The San Jose store is expected to carry foods from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asian, and other Asian cuisines.
That means shoppers can expect everything from dumplings and noodles to sauces, snacks, baked goods, hot foods, frozen items, and specialty ingredients that can be harder to find at mainstream supermarkets.
The opening also marks a major step in T&T’s U.S. expansion. The company opened its first U.S. store in Bellevue, Washington, in late 2024, followed by a second Washington store in Lynnwood. San Jose will be its third U.S. location and its first in California.
And T&T is not stopping there.
The chain also plans to open additional Bay Area stores in San Francisco and Millbrae by winter 2026. That means the San Jose opening could be the start of a much larger California push.
The location makes sense. San Jose and the broader South Bay have one of the strongest Asian food scenes in the country, with large Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Korean, Japanese, Indian, and Southeast Asian communities. A large Asian grocery chain with prepared foods and specialty imports has a built-in audience.
But T&T is entering a crowded field.
California shoppers already have options such as H Mart, 99 Ranch Market, Mitsuwa Marketplace, Tokyo Central, Osaka Marketplace, local Asian supermarkets, and specialty grocers. That competition means T&T will need to stand out with selection, prepared foods, bakery items, prices, and convenience.
The chain appears ready to compete on experience, not just groceries.
For many shoppers, stores like T&T are part supermarket, part food hall, and part weekend destination. People do not just go for rice, produce, or soy sauce. They go for hot meals, desserts, snacks, drinks, frozen dumplings, beauty products, and new items they have not tried before.
That destination quality could make the San Jose opening especially busy.
The Bay Area has been getting more Asian grocery and food-market options in recent years, and T&T’s California debut adds another major player to the mix. For shoppers, that means more choice. For competitors, it means one more reason to fight for loyalty.
For now, San Jose gets the first look.
And if the opening draws the kind of crowds T&T is hoping for, California may be seeing a lot more of this Canadian grocery giant.
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