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...IS FOR GROCERY STORES

By Ida Sameri

With way more than 1,500 Grocery Stores and most of them offering international
products, every nationality can enjoy a real home-cooked meal without having to travel
out of the country. These are just a few of the many markets Houston offers – it’s great
to know that there is a market for everyone.
H. Mart and 99 Ranch Market are just two of the many amazing markets that sell
fresh goods for the Asian food lovers.
Fiesta and La Michoacana, with many locations, offer the best and most delicious
meats and produce that appeal to the many Spanish-speaking consumers in Houston.
Phoenicia Specialty Foods is really the international food market of your dreams.
Carrying more than 15,000 products from more than 50 countries, it’s not only a market,
it’s a deli too.
Super Vanak is the perfect neighborhood market for Iranians in Houston featuring delicious goods that make you feel like you are back in Iran.

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Whole Foods, Central Market and HEB offer some of the best deals, produce as well
as international products, for the everyday Houstonian. But these are definitely not the
only ones.
Suneel and Anupama Chander are the founders of Rani’s World Foods. With over
10,000 items from all around the world, specializing in mainly Indian groceries, this market is one of a kind, making it obvious that they put all of their passion and experience
in their stores.
Wazobia Market is one of the top grocery stores that offers some of the freshest
African produce in town. With friendly faces, extremely clean aisles and top-quality food,
this market makes sure that they bring the African delicacies right to our community.