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WEST: Cardenas Markets Foundation Launches New Scholarship Program

With the support of Cardenas Markets, the Cardenas Markets Foundation is launching a new scholarship program intended to support students in California (Inland Empire, Imperial Valley and Bay Area), Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson) and Nevada (Las Vegas). Specifically, they will be granting a total of 59 scholarships—one $2,000 award per each of the stores they […]

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Suji’s Korean Cuisine Expands West Coast Presence, Debuts In Midwest

Suji’s Korean Cuisine is expanding the retail availability of its food line this winter, complete with a new brand experience that the company says better reflects the bold flavors packaged in its modern Korean barbecue, entrees and sauces. Suji’s Korean Cuisine, which was founded in Seoul in 2013, has in the past 18 months relocated […]

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Gaviña Family Celebrates 150-Year Family Coffee History

Gaviña and Sons Inc., makers of Don Francisco’s Coffee and Café La Llave Espresso, will celebrate its 53rd year of roasting coffee in Los Angeles in 2020, but the company’s history goes back more than a century and a half. “Our family has been in the coffee business 150 years,” said Lisette Gaviña Lopez, executive […]

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iFresh Set To Open A New Location In North Miami

iFresh Inc.’s 100-percent-owned subsidiary New York Mart North Miami Inc. is opening a new location in North Miami. The supermarket, located at 551 NE 167th Street, is expected to hold its grand opening ceremony on Feb. 7. Located in the heart of a densely populated metro area with a large Asian demographic, the new 30,000-s.f. […]

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WEST: Recommended: Northgate To Replace Costa Mesa Albertsons

The Albertsons on the corner of Harbor Boulevard and Wilson Street, a Costa Mesa neighborhood anchor for two decades, is set to close Feb. 22 — paving the way for a new Northgate González Market. Melissa Hill, a spokeswoman for the Albertsons grocery chain, said the lease for the store — which opened in Harbor […]

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Northgate González Market Celebrate Its 40th Anniversary

Forty years after a Mexican immigrant family converted a small liquor store into a grocery market, Latino-themed grocery chain Northgate González Market marks a major anniversary milestone this month with 41 stores.    Family history It all began when Don Miguel González first emigrated from Jalostotitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States in the early […]

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New Food City Store Coming To Etowah, Tennessee

Food City is building a new store on US-411 North in Etowah, Tennessee. The 41,100-plus-s.f. supermarket will replace its existing location and be constructed on the same site.  “The residents of Etowah have certainly been supportive of our company and we look forward to providing our valued customers with a new, larger state-of-the-art Food City […]

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Northgate González Market Holds 23rd Annual Toy Giveaway

Northgate González Market kicked off Las Posadas celebrations on Dec. 13 with its 23rd Annual Toy Giveaway, bringing gifts to more than 47,600 boys and girls throughout Southern California. “It’s one of our favorite times of year for everyone at Northgate González Market. Seeing children’s eyes light up at the sight of Santa Claus and […]