Dearborn Heights not only has a huge Asian supermarket, it's competing with grocery stores like Whole Foods for customers.
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"Kenneth Dalto, a Farmington Hills-based retail analyst, said the supermarket could be the latest example of a trend in ethnic grocers going larger and more upscale to appeal to suburban shoppers with adventurous palates, particularly from the white and black non-Asian population, he said.
This breed of store will often compete with high-end grocers, such as Whole Foods Market, he said."
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