New Grocery Shopping Choice Coming to Brandon September 1

A Phoenix based grocer has its eyes set on the Tampa area. 10 new Florida locations are planned for Sprouts Farmers Market, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

A Brandon Sprouts location will open September 1, 2021. It’ll be located in Lake Brandon Village near Causeway Boulevard. There are plans for another store in the Tampa area, but the location for that one has yet to be revealed. The first Florida Sprouts location opened in Carrollwood back in 2017.

Sprouts says they’re looking to hire about 100 employees and will host an online job fair July 21 and 22. Mostly known for organic and natural foods, Sprouts will face fierce competition with Tampa area shoppers at established popular grocery chains like Whole Foods and Trader Joes.

10 Things To Know About The New Howard Frankland Bridge

• 132,000 make the voyage across the Bay a day.

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• It’ll cost $865 million.

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• There will be some art on the bridge. Sculptures will look like schooner sails.

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• It’ll be done in 2026.

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• There will be a 12 foot wide trail for bicyclists and pedestrians.

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• 2 of the 8 lanes will be express lanes, which will require a toll. No word on how much that’ll be yet.

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• Room is being left for a future light rail line.

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• When the new bridge is ready, northbound side will be demolished. The northbound lanes will become the new southbound lanes.

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• Construction is taking into account that we’ll likely have self-driving cars in the future.

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• The new bridge will have 8 lanes.

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• It’s the Howard Frankland not Howard Franklin like most transplants and tourists call it. Frankland was a rubber magnate who saw a big economic benefit of the bridge.

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