Heber City, UT — Smith’s Food & Drug has opened a new Smith’s Marketplace store at 744 North Main Street in Heber City, Utah.
The 123,000 square foot multi-department store will offer a full line of grocery products along with apparel, household goods, outdoor garden center and sporting equipment. The new store features a floral department, drive-through pharmacy, made-from-scratch donuts, online grocery Pick Up and a Starbucks with indoor seating for 50 people and a seasonal outdoor patio for 25 guests. A beautiful large mural of the Heber Valley, created by local artist John Moore, will greet customers as they enter the store.
In a first for Smith’s, the $40 million Heber store has been equipped with sustainable CO2 cooling technology—a natural refrigerant with low impact on the environment—which will power all the cooling and refrigeration to the building. This technology delivers sustainable, reliable, and efficient cooling to the store while reducing the impact on the environment.
During construction, Smith’s required the builder R & O Construction to recycle 90 percent of the project’s total non-hazardous waste such as scrap wood, metal, cardboard, concrete brick, and plastic as part of Smith’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative.
The unique on-site Smith’s Fuel Center offers eleven dispensing stations with five fuel selections – regular, midgrade, premium, diesel and ethanol free. Four stations are configured to cater to large recreational vehicles and boats with enlarged drive-through lanes with DEF (Diesel Emissions Fluid) Dispensers and a waste containment depository.
Smith’s has hired 88 new employees in addition to approximately 135 associates who have transferred from the current Smith’s store in Heber City and other area stores.
“We’re excited to open a marketplace in Heber to better serve the needs of the growing community,” said Kenny Kimball, president of Smith’s Food & Drug. “This store will be second to none! We have proudly served the Heber Valley since 1997 and are deeply rooted in our communities as we work to end hunger and eliminate food waste. We believe no one in Heber should go hungry, and we continue to work toward this goal.”
At Smith’s Food & Drug, a company of The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), we are Fresh for Everyone and dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit®. In everything we do, we’re guided by our values and our Purpose: to Feed the Human Spirit. We strive to make decisions that balance the safety of our associates with our commitments to our customers and communities. And above all else, we’ll be there for our communities when they need us most. Visit www.smithsfoodanddrug.com