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Austin is saying aloha to a Hawaiian retail store.
Maui Wowi Hawaiian has opened a franchise inside the
HEB grocery store at 11521 N. FM 620, with plans to
highlight the aloha spirit.
Local franchise partners Lance and Lourdes Moore opened
the store, which sells authentic Hawaiian products including
smoothies, coffee and other odds and ends.
"Maui Wowi Hawaiian and HEB have given us a terrific
opportunity to share our Aloha Spirit and love of all
things Hawaiian with HEB customers in Austin,"
Lance Moore says. "We're excited to offer customers
the opportunity to step out of the grocery store experience
for a few minutes and escape to paradise, where they
can experience Maui Wowi's healthy smoothies and coffee
beverages."
The Moores are also among the first Maui Wowi Hawaiian
franchise partners to capitalize on the company's newly
established relationship with HEB, a San Antonio-based
supermarket chain with more than 300 stores throughout
Texas and Mexico.
The Maui Wowi Hawaiian/HEB collaboration enables Maui
Wowi Hawaiian franchise partners like the Moores to
open retail outlets inside HEB stores. The Moores' retail
store will serve as one of several test sites for the
Maui Wowi Hawaiian/HEB collaboration. Their results
will help determine the future roll out of additional
Maui Wowi retail locations inside HEB stores.
"As some of our first franchise partners to take
advantage of Maui Wowi's relationship with HEB, Lance
and Lourdes are helping our company extend the special
Maui Wowi Hawaiian experience to HEB customers,"
says Michael Haith, CEO of Maui Wowi Hawaiian. "They
are also paving the way for other business leaders to
follow in their footsteps. For this and many other reasons,
we're pleased to welcome Lance and Lourdes into the
Maui Wowi Hawaiian Ohana."
Prior to opening their Maui Wowi Hawaiian franchise
in Austin, the Moores worked as information systems
managers in the high tech industry.
Founded in 1983, Maui Wowi Hawaiian has nearly 500
franchised units in its worldwide franchise.
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