After a string of closures last year, Kroger is bringing a new supermarket to Greater Houston. The Cincinnati-based grocer is moving forward with plans for a new Kroger Marketplace store in Hockley, set to break ground Oct. 29. It will be the first in the Houston market this year.
The new Kroger will be part of a new 38-acre retail complex at 26217 Betka Road near Jubilee Haven.
‘We look forward to serving the Hockley community’
Like many other Kroger locations, the new 99,000-square-foot grocery store will also have a pharmacy and fuel center, Shayna Barrett, Kroger’s head of communications and public affairs, told Chron. With an anticipated opening set for early 2028, the company is “eager to start this project,” she added.
Elsewhere, Kroger has stores under construction across North Texas, Barnett said. Two will open in Anna and Sendera Ranch later this year. The others are in Crandall, Fate, McKinney and Princeton…