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Sprouts Farmers Market supermarket chain to open new location in McKinney

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The city of McKinney is about to get a tremendous new shopping option: a new location of Sprouts Farmers Market, the healthy and fast-growing supermarket chain.

According to a release, the store will open at 2201 Virginia Pkwy., right at the southwest corner of US-75, and it will open on Friday September 6.

Details about the grand opening celebration are still to come but meanwhile they're in hiring mode, with 80 full- and part-time positions. Special credit goes to applicants who share a passion for fresh, natural, and organic products.

Sprouts offers a unique grocery experience featuring an open layout with fresh produce at the heart of the store. The healthy grocer brings the latest in wholesome, innovative products made with lifestyle-friendly ingredients such as organic, plant-based and gluten-free.

They're headquartered in Phoenix, and are one of the largest and fastest-growing specialty retailers of fresh, natural, and organic food in the United States, with more than 400 stores in 23 states nationwide.

That includes 52 locations across Texas, with stores ranging from Fort Worth on the west side to Rockwall on the east, Rockwall being its most recent opening in March 2024. One thing that's good about Sprouts is that, unlike some other supermarket chains, it is only too happy to open locations within Dallas proper, including the one it opened in Lakewood in November 2022.

McKinney has one other Sprouts, also on Virginia Parkway — guys, there are other streets in McKinney — but that one is at 9241 Virginia Pkwy., six miles west, right near the McKinney water tower, at the corner of Custer Road.

They'll be hosting a hiring event on Wednesday, July 24 from 8 am-6 pm and Thursday, July 25 from 8 am-5 pm at the Holiday Inn & Suites – N. Allen at 3220 Craig Dr. in McKinney. Candidates may apply online in advance at www.sprouts.com/careers. Walk-in applicants are also welcome.

Employment opportunities include managers, clerks, cashiers, and other crucial supermarket tasks.

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Texas to lead nation in culinary job growth by 2032, report predicts

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With all the booming restaurant scenes in major cities like Dallas, Texas' overall culinary industry will grow faster than the rest of the country within the next six years, Escoffier found.

A new analysis of the states that will have the most culinary industry job growth has revealed that Texas is expected to lead the nation with the fastest growth in the country by 2032.

The nationally recognized Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts' study, published December 30, 2025, compared all 50 states to determine their job prospects for chefs and head cooks, restaurant cooks, and food service managers based on three key metrics: projected growth rates from 2022-2032; "absolute job creation" (the total number of projected new positions) during the same 10-year span, and actual job growth rates from 2022-2024.

Texas' culinary industry is expected to grow by 24.88 percent by 2032, the report found, which is the highest projected growth rate nationwide. That translates to more than 52,000 culinary jobs created within the next six years.

Escoffier also broke down individual projections across all three metrics:

45,150 new restaurant cook jobs, a 39.72 percent increase
3,580 new chef and head cook jobs, a 19.76 percent increase
3,340 new food service manager jobs, a 15.17 percent increase

"The top three states alone — Texas, California, and Florida — will add nearly 130,000 culinary jobs, almost 45 percent of all jobs created in this industry (despite those states making up about 28 percent of the nation’s population)," the report said. "This demonstrates an extraordinary scale of opportunity for job seekers willing to relocate to states with booming restaurant scenes."

Major Texas cities, including Dallas, are bursting with highly esteemed award-winning chefs that are defining the local restaurant scenes. And there are just as many up-and-coming chefs rising through the culinary pipeline.

As Escoffier notes, projections are just one factor among many that determine the strength of the national culinary industry. Texas' combined actual culinary job growth from 2022-2024 is down 0.28 percent when compared to expectations.

"This simply means that, over the past few years, the state appears to have underperformed growth projections; the industry still grew in that state, but perhaps not as much as anticipated," the report's author clarifies. "Given the short timeframe (2022-2024), this category plays a small role in our rankings relative to the ten-year projections."

Washington led the U.S. with the most new culinary jobs added from 2022-2024, with 5,800 positions created during that time. Escoffier said Washington handily beat expectations that only 1,300 jobs would be added, representing a 348 percent "overperformance."

The top 10 states with the fastest-growing culinary industry are:

No. 1 – Texas
No. 2 – California
No. 3 – Georgia
No. 4 – Florida
No. 5 – Washington
No. 6 – North Carolina
No. 7 – Utah
No. 8 – Arizona
No. 9 – Nevada
No. 10 – Alabama

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