Patel Brothers, an Indian oriented grocery store and market, plans to open a second Atlanta area location next year. The new store, which will be located in the Johns Creek/Suwanee area of Forsyth County, would be built on currently vacant land near the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Caliber Street. Forsyth County planning and development documents indicate the parcel on which the store is planned is nearly 11.5 acres.
Hanover Park, Illinois-based Patel Brothers currently operates about 50 stores throughout 19 states including the company's original Atlanta area store on Church Street in Decatur. The Decatur location, which occupies a former Kroger, has the center in which its located named for it: Patel Plaza.
Planning documents suggest the Suwanee store will be 83,000 square feet, significantly larger than the Decatur location. Patel Brothers officials have told customers they plan to be open in Suwanee by spring 2018.
Patel Brothers started as a small neighborhood storefront in Chicago opened by two brothers, Mafat and Tulsi Patel, in 1974. At the time, the Patels were recent immigrants from India, and had trouble finding the ingredients they craved from back home. Their shop sold the kinds of items you couldn’t get at your average grocery store like fresh spices, lentils, and chickpea flour — all imported from India.
While Kroger, Publix, Walmart and Whole Foods Market fight each other for business, Patel Brothers, Nam Dae Mun, H mart and others, have each carved out followings by catering to specific ethnic groups and their preferred foods.
The new Suwanee store will likely do extremely well given the large Indian population in the Alpharetta/Johns Creek/Suwanee area.
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