CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - With the tightening of budgets across the nation, the FoodMaxx line of supermarkets has opened a branch at the Crestview Village Shopping Center in Carmichael, offering customers affordably priced groceries and related products. Guests were hosted by the Carmichael Chamber of Commerce at the supermarket’s grand opening on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, with FoodMaxx district managers, managers, and staff, excited to serve the community from their location at 4708 Manzanita Avenue.

Its headquarters, based in Modesto, Calif., describes FoodMaxx as a “value-format, warehouse-style grocery store” which is part of a Kingswood Capital Management, LP portfolio company called The Save Mart Companies. With the opening of this location at the corner of Winding Way and Manzanita Ave, FoodMaxx now offers 55 locations throughout the Northern California region, in addition to its Save Mart and Lucky California lines.

“We know you’re going to love this store,” said Carmichael FoodMaxx Store Manager Michael Flowers. “We’ve had great leadership at this store for 40 years as Save Mart, and now we will continue do so providing the right prices at FoodMaxx.”

On the occasion of its grand opening Flowers announced more than $2000 in donations to local groups and schools presenting checks to organizations such as Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services, Del Campo High School Girls and Boys Basketball Teams, and Thomas Kelly Elementary School.

Carmichael Honorary Mayor Kerri Mandes expressed that she was grateful for socially responsible companies in the community such as FoodMaxx. “I attended Del Campo High School, raised my children in this same area and shopped at this Save Mart, and I’m very happy that this community’s neighborhoods are being served and supported,” Mandes said.

FoodMaxx Vice President and General Manager Paul Gossett said, “Supporting the residents of Carmichael and nearby neighborhoods is an essential part of what FoodMaxx strives for, and we are excited to introduce the FoodMaxx value-format to this community.”

Gossett added, “With today’s shoppers facing ever-tighter budgets, our priority is to provide this community with the very best values, day in and day out, without sacrificing quality.”

Another attending FoodMaxx branch manager, Paul Laurell, who has been working for the company since 2003, explained that the chain’s expansion in the last 20 years has been largely due to its mode of bypassing middlemen and buying bulk quantities.

In a press release, FoodMaxx operations were described as a “non-conventional grocery store, beating grocery competitors’ prices with its innovative procurement and hyper-efficient operations, including its ability to buy in bulk, stock shelves directly from delivery trucks, and enabling customers to bag their own groceries – all of which allows FoodMaxx to offer budget-friendly solutions and pass along additional savings to its customers.”

Carmichael FoodMaxx is located at 4708 Manzanita Ave. For more information and store hours visit foodmaxx.com or call (916) 979-9191.