How to Open a Small Grocery Store: Our Real Estate Support

If you’re wondering how to open a small grocery store, you can count on Save A Lot to provide strong support throughout the process. We can help with opening a small grocery store by assisting on choosing the right location to serve your target customers and help you build it out to achieve maximum efficiency and returns on your investment.

Choosing the Right Location and Following Best Practice Property Requirements

Many factors go into choosing the right location when it comes to opening a small grocery store, such as:

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Is there a demand in the neighborhood?

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Is it centrally located near your customer base?

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Is it the right size?

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What are the primary demographics in your region?

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Will your location be easily accessible?

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Does it have adequate parking?

A business license for a grocery store, allowing legal operation and trade of goods.
Owning a small grocery store that meets all of these criteria can be difficult. Thankfully, our team is ready to assist independent Retail Partners with their real estate needs by providing expert knowledge, time and cost savings tools, and industry best practices regarding lease negotiations. We will leverage our contacts and experience to find the perfect location in your area.

Opening a small grocery store

The Right Layout

Once you’ve found the right space, we’ll provide customized store layouts specific to your location. We’ve opened hundreds of stores over the years, so we’ve got the construction and buildout process down to a science. As part of our small grocery store license opportunity, we’ll provide you with prototype building plans, connect you with contractors, and guide you through each step until your grand opening.

Save A Lot utilizes strategic store layouts that make it as simple as possible for customers to find what they need and for your employees to keep shelves stocked with in-demand products. Sections like produce and bakery, grocery, dairy, and frozen are all carefully laid out to have the maximum impact on your bottom line.

The Benefits of Owning a Small Grocery Store

One of the best parts of choosing the Save A Lot model is that we focus on building smaller footprint stores. Here are some of the benefits of smaller stores that set us apart from your typical grocery store opportunity:

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