Editing Spring Branch, Houston (section)

==Economy==
John Nova Lomax of the ''[[Houston Press]]'' said that Spring Branch has many "old-school ethnic eateries" and described Long Point Road, Spring Branch's main road, as "[[thrift store]] nirvana". The journalist added that Long Point has few chain businesses and stores.<ref name="SeoulofHouston"/> The Koreatown portion has various Korean restaurants.<ref>Pham, Mai. "[http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/a-mini-food-tour-through-korea-town-6406906 A Mini Food Tour Through Korea Town]." ''[[Houston Press]]''. December 3, 2011. Retrieved on February 10, 2016.</ref>

[[La Michoacana Meat Market]] has its headquarters in Spring Branch and in Houston.<ref>"[http://www.michoacanameatmarket.com/files/Localidades.pdf Updated February 18, 2010.]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}."<!--The cache on Google Docs was still there, but the file itself was 404ed--> [[La Michoacana Meat Market]]. Retrieved on August 18, 2011. "Office" "8845 Long Point Rd., Suite B" "Houston" "77005"</ref> [[BJ Services Company]] has its headquarters in the Spring Branch district and in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]].<ref name="SBMDBorderMap"/><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070703100150/http://www.bjservices.com/website/GBLocator.nsf Global Locations]." [[BJ Services Company]]. July 3, 2007. Retrieved on December 8, 2009.</ref> [[Tesco Corporation]] has its headquarters in the Spring Branch district and in Houston.<ref name="SBMDBorderMap"/><ref>"[http://www.tescocorp.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-149 Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128175734/http://tescocorp.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-149 |date=2010-11-28 }}." [[Tesco Corporation]]. Retrieved on January 23, 2010.</ref> [[Cameron International Corporation]]'s Drilling and Production Systems center is in the Westway Business Park in Spring Branch and in an unincorporated area.<ref>"[http://www.c-a-m.com/content/locations/ Cameron Locator] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427200023/http://www.c-a-m.com/content/locations/ |date=2010-04-27 }}." Cameron International Corporation. Retrieved on April 28, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.hines.com/property/detail.aspx?id=315 Cameron Headquarters Building] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124121310/http://hines.com/property/detail.aspx?id=315 |date=2010-11-24 }}." [[Hines Interests Limited Partnership]]. Retrieved on June 2, 2010.</ref><!--The building isn't actually the Cameron HQ, but the head of a department within Cameron-->

Previously, [[Igloo Corporation]] had a manufacturing facility in Spring Branch.<ref name="SBMDBorderMap"/><ref name="IglooHQ">"[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2004/10/18/daily9.html Igloo consolidating operations in Katy facility]." ''[[Houston Business Journal]]''. October 18, 2004. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "1001 W. Sam Houston Parkway North" for the old Houston facility</ref> The Spring Branch location also housed the company headquarters.<ref>Herman, Erik L. ''The Houston Job Bank''. Adams Media Corporation, 2003. "IGLOO PRODUCTS CORPORATION 1001 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Houston TX 77013." Retrieved on March 3, 2011. {{ISBN|1-58062-931-8}}, {{ISBN|978-1-58062-931-7}}.</ref> In 2004, Igloo announced that it was consolidating to a location in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Waller County, Texas]], near [[Katy, Texas|Katy]]<!--The article says "Katy, TX" but the location is really in Waller County-->.<ref name="IglooHQ"/><ref>"[http://www.igloocoolers.com/contact-us/world-hq/ Igloo Worldwide Headquarters] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421105201/http://www.igloocoolers.com/contact-us/world-hq/ |date=2010-04-21 }}." ''[[Igloo Corporation]]''. Accessed September 5, 2008. "Igloo Products Corp. 777 Igloo Road Katy, Texas 77494"</ref>

Before its dissolution, [[Weiner's]] had its headquarters in Spring Branch and in Houston.<ref name="SBMDBorderMap"/><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20001005100007/http://www.weiners.com/ Home Page]." Weiner's. October 5, 2000. Retrieved on February 25, 2010.</ref> At one time, [[AppleTree Markets]] had its headquarters in Spring Branch and in Houston.<ref name="SBMDBorderMap"/><ref>"Directors and Executives." ''Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, Volume 2''. [[Standard & Poor's]], 1995. [https://books.google.com/books?id=29RIAAAAYAAJ&q=%22AppleTree%22+%224301+Windfern%22 637]. Retrieved from Google Books on July 1, 2010. "Appletree Markets, Inc., 4301 Windfern, Houston, TX 77041."</ref>

By 2008 a [[Super H Mart]] supermarket, a part of a Korean American chain, opened. Purva Patel of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' wrote that this supermarket attracted development to the area.<ref>{{cite web|author=Patel, Purva|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/memorial-news/article/Grocer-lures-development-to-Houston-s-Korea-Town-1604194.php|title=Grocer lures development to Houston's Korea Town|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2008-09-05|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref>