Thanks to a good relationship with its sponsor group and a stroke of luck, the $330 million Vons Employees FCU opened a full service, in-store grocery branch in Hesperia, Calif. July 6 after discovering a build-out hidden behind drywall.
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 four branches to Alaska USA FCU; Alaska USA discontinued the service as of June 28.
Young asked her primary sponsor group if space was available in its Hesperia store and learned that Wells Fargo had vacated the space just weeks prior in favor of a stand-alone branch.
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