The $330 million Vons Employees FCU opened a full service, in-store grocery branch in Hesperia, Calif. today, moving into a Wells Fargo facility that had closed just 30 days ago.

Donna Young, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the El Monte-based credit union, said area credit unions were searching for a way to fill a shared branching void left by Arrowhead Credit Union when it sold its Hesperia branch to Alaska USA FCU. The $4 billion Alaska USA decided against continuing shared branching service there, said Senior Vice President Dan McCue, because it is running "dual operations" to serve both its members and Arrowhead's through Aug. 31.

"Right now, we just can't deal with any extra members," McCue said.

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