BUSINESS BUZZ

The lowdown on what’s up with neighborhood businesses

Lake Highlands High School’s drill team The Highlandettes will teach a Dancing with the Dettes spring clinic for girls in grades K-8 Monday, Feb. 16 from 9 a.m.-3p.m. at the school. Participants have a chance to perform at the annual Highlandette Revue April 24 or 25 (different age groups on different nights). To register, visit highlandettes.com and fill out the form. The cost is $55 and includes a T-shirt and pizza lunch on clinic day.

City of Dallas

Neighbor James White discovered recently that the city’s 311 app actually works. He used the app on his phone to report the bent pole of a no-parking sign, which had been annoying him. To his delight, the city fixed the pole a few days later. Download the 311 app at dallascityhall.com/311app to report litter or dumping, loose animals, street obstruction, graffiti, and street problems such as potholes.

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Albertsons to become Minyard Sun Fresh Market

Albertsons recently acquired United Supermarkets, known locally for its suburban Market Street concept, and is merging with Safeway, owner of the Tom Thumb brand of stores. Experts guessed that the new conglomerate might sell some of its Dallas stores to San Antonio-based H-E-B. That hasn’t happened, however. Instead, Minyard (minyards.com) bought eight Albertsons and four Tom Thumb stores in DallasFort Worth, including the Albertsons stores at Northwest Highway and Ferndale and at Mockingbird and Abrams. Minyard, which began in Dallas in 1932, plans to turn its new acquisitions into its new grocery concept, Minyard Sun Fresh Market The grocer is locally owned with headquarters in Carrollton (in 2011 it became a DFW-based company again after the Minyard family sold to an investment company in 2004). Minyard currently operates 12 DFW stores, so the 12 additional stores effectively doubles the size of the company.

Bye-bye buffet

Szechwan Pavilion in Casa Linda Plaza (1152

N. Buckner) is expected to close this month because of increasing rent. The Wang family opened the restaurant 35 years ago. They plan to focus solely on the Plano restaurant they own with friends, Umeko Sushi & Grill.

Wax on

European Wax Center is coming soon to the Casa Linda Shopping Center, next door to Torchy’s Tacos on the southwest side of Garland Road. European Wax Center (waxcenter. com), which has three other locations in the Dallas area, offers facial and body waxing for men and women.

Record-breaking benefit

The Lake Highlands Women’s League home tour in December raised a record amount, $213,195, which will benefit Lake Highlands improvement projects and Lake Highlands High School students, via its college scholarship program.

New antique mall

Top Drawer Antiques and Consignments will open soon at 10622 Northwest Highway, near Plano Road. Interested dealers should call 234.226.8450.