La Bonita to reopen Desert Inn location after 2 years of closure

La Bonita is set to reopen its Desert Inn supermarket location this year after nearly two years of closure.

The supermarket, which was closed in 2021 after it partially collapsed because of a windstorm, is expected to reopen sometime in the fall of this year, according to Jessica Tabares, a spokesperson for La Bonita. The store is at 2500 E. Desert Inn Road.

“We will be very happy to get our neighbors back to this store,” Tabares said.

Tabares said La Bonita wished the reopening of the Desert Inn location could happen faster but the process has been drawn out since the company needed to work with the landlord of the property to get repairs done and needed to obtain permits from Clark County to fix the damage. But she said La Bonita is taking the opportunity to fully remodel the Desert Inn location and install new equipment and add several self-checkout stations.

The location will also have the typical features of a La Bonita store with a kitchen, a juice bar, full produce section and meat department.

It’s estimated that La Bonita will need to hire about 100 employees to operate the Desert Inn location, and a hiring event should take place before this store opens, according to Tabares. She said that the employees who were working at the Desert Inn location before it closed were offered jobs at other La Bonita stores and they will have the opportunity to transfer back.

The starting wages for the open positions at the Desert Inn La Bonita will range from $12 to $17 an hour, according to Tabares.

Once the Desert Inn store reopens, La Bonita will have seven locations operating throughout the Las Vegas Valley. Although the company’s website says an eighth location will be added to the area sometime in 2024, Tabares said she couldn’t share any details about where or when a new La Bonita location would open.

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