Upscale market is a casualty of the economic downturn
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It’s a sad state of affairs for HOWS Markets, the upscale chain co-founded in 1999 by the heir of the Hughes family supermarket dynasty. The store featured high-quality produce and meats at the Granada Hills location, as well as in Malibu, Pasadena, Torrance, North Hollywood and Canyon Country. But now members of the family, which had been in the grocery business since the 1930s, and their partners, are shutting down all but one of the HOWS stores — only the Pasadena location will remain open. Click here for the rest of the story in Friday’s Business section:
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