Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market announced yesterday it has signed a lease to open its third Long Beach store at City Place in Downtown Long Beach. The company did not say when the new City Place location will open, however, they are opening their new 7th Street & Nebraska location at 10:00 am on Wednesday, September 16, 2009. Fresh & Easy will present a donation to a to-be-named local non-profit organization at the grand opening for the 7th Street and Nebraska store. The local non-profit was decided by the store’s new employees.

Both the City Place and 7th Street locations will bring their total stores in Long Beach to three – the other currently located at 6436 Spring Street.

“We appreciate all the community support and look forward to opening two more locations in Long Beach,” said Tim Mason, Fresh & Easy CEO in a prepared release. “The tremendous support shows that our stores will be great additions to these neighborhoods and the City of Long Beach as a whole.”

“Fresh & Easy has shown a great commitment to the City of Long Beach by locating in neighborhoods that have traditionally lacked grocery operations,” said Mayor Bob Foster in the prepared release. “We are excited and look forward to having more Fresh & Easy locations in Long Beach.

Both the City Place location and the 7th St. location will employ 20 to 30 people each and the company intends to hire locally. 

More information regarding Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market can be found at www.freshandeasy.com.