Crest is pausing future store in Edmond

EDMOND — Crest Foods is holding off on its future store in Edmond as the company looks to expand its footprint near Yukon and Mustang amid increased competition from new WinCo stores in the Oklahoma City area.

“We are pulling back on the reins,” said Bruce Harroz, president of Crest. “We want to keep our prices low.”

The company is looking to push forward on two stores with one in Yukon and Mustang, but the exact locations have not been released.

The company purchased 16.72-acres of land several years ago on the northwest corner of Sooner Road and Covell Road in Edmond, and last fall began dirt work preparing a pad site.

At that time, Harroz stated that the building project would begin in about a year. But after construction bids came in over budget he has delayed construction for another two to three years.

“We are just going to wait it out,” Harroz said.

There are no plans to sell the site, Harroz said, but he is sticking to the company philosophy of paying for new stores with cash rather than taking out loans.

On May 2, 2017, a site plan was approved by Edmond’s planning commission for the possible 106,565-square-foot store and no timeline was set on when the store would have been completed.

Crest is based out of Edmond at its store on 15th Street and Santa Fe Avenue.