That’s the interesting tidbit I learned in the DMN’s profile of the new Sam’s store that opens today at Northwest Highway and Skillman. (The story is behind the paper’s paywall.) Sam’s has 600 U.S. locations, and the store at Park Lane (now closed in favor of this Timber Creek store) was the top wine seller.
Apparently, so much wine flies off the shelves at Sam’s that the company constructed a separately owned liquor store (separate to meet TABC rules). Hard to know if the large amount of wine sales there was due to the formerly oddball wet/dry regulations in these parts, but that issue has been addressed and every grocery and convenience store worth its plastic bags is or will be selling booze shortly. We’ll see if Sam’s still retains its mammoth wine ranking next year.
Also new from the Park Lane move — more high-priced luxury items like shirts and watches. You can check it out for yourself starting today.
Meanwhile, I noticed that the overall site plan (in addition to Sam’s, Walmart and JCPenney) calls for a Chick-fil-A and a Del Taco. We’re starting to see plenty of Chick-fil-As around here, but a Del Taco? Turns out the Observer says a franchisee plans to open about 80 stores in the Dallas area, where now there is one in Arlington, one in Denton, and that’s about it.
I don’t know anything about Del Taco, but who doesn’t need access to another fast-food Mexican joint?
