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Cardenas Markets Raises Over $1M For Student Scholarships At Annual Golf Tournament

Cardenas Markets held the 21st annual Cardenas Markets Foundation Golf Tournament on Sept. 16 at Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Beach, California, raising more than $900,000 to support scholarships for students in communities the grocer and Los Altos Ranch Markets serve. Cardenas Markets and Los Altos Ranch Markets are banners of Heritage Grocers Group, […]

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Heritage Grocers Group Launches Pumpkins Campaign For Children’s Hospitals

Heritage Grocers Group has launched the “Pumpkins for a Purpose” campaign to raise funds for children and families receiving care at hospitals in the communities served by its banner stores. Running through Oct. 31, the initiative is designed at the “heart of everything we do is a deep commitment to our communities,” said Adam Salgado, […]

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Heritage Grocers Group Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Heritage Grocers Group is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month across its portfolio of companies, which includes Cardenas Markets, El Rancho Supermercado, Tony’s Fresh Market and Los Altos Ranch Markets. This year’s theme, “De tu tierra a tu mesa (from your land to your table),” honors the connection between cultural roots and traditions. “At HGG, Hispanic Heritage […]

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Heritage Grocers Group CEO Steps Down, Leadership Transitions In Progress

Heritage Grocers Group (HGG) has shared multiple leadership transitions within the company, as Suzy Monford steps down from her role as chairwoman and CEO to pursue other opportunities. She had joined the company in November 2024. HGG has named industry veteran David Hirz chairman of the board and is instituting an Office of the CEO […]

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Loteria Sweepstakes Returns To Cardenas, Los Altos Ranch Markets

Heritage Grocers Group has brought back its annual Loteria Scratcher Sweepstakes program through Sept. 2. Customers at Cardenas Markets and Los Altos Ranch Market locations can play for a chance to win a share of $700,000 in prizes. Affectionately known as “Mexican Bingo,” Lotería is a cultural tradition that unites families and communities across generations. […]

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Heritage Grocers Group Begins Meat Campaign At Tony’s Fresh Market

Heritage Grocers Group has introduced “A Cut Above the Rest” meat campaign at its Chicago-based banner Tony’s Fresh Market. “Our meat department is built on four core pillars: quality, variety, freshness and in-house expert butchers,” said CMO Vince Gambino. “At the heart of this campaign is a simple promise: to ensure every customer receives the […]

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Heritage Grocers Group, Olive Crest Partner To Prevent Child Abuse, Neglect

Heritage Grocers Group has partnered with Olive Crest and the Child Abuse Stops Here Network to begin an in-store fundraising campaign at Cardenas Markets, Los Altos Ranch Markets, El Rancho Supermercado and Tony’s Fresh Market banner stores. One of the largest Hispanic and ethnic food retailers in the country, Heritage Grocers Group is raising money to […]

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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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Cardenas Markets Opens Its First Store In Tucson, Arizona

The grand opening for Cardenas Markets’ first store in Tucson, Arizona, took place at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20. The ceremony was attended by store officials, local leaders and members of the business community. This new store provides 150 jobs to the local economy and occupies 50,000 s.f. of a newly remodeled retail space at […]

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Cardenas Markets Expanding With Four New Stores In 2019

Ontario, California-based Hispanic grocer Cardenas Markets is opening four new stores in Nevada, California and Arizona in 2019. The first of these is a store in Las Vegas that opened in early May. It is the company’s fifth store in Las Vegas and the 56th store for the grocer overall. The other Cardenas Markets that […]

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Mi Pueblo Reemerges As Cardenas Markets Following Merger

Cardenas Markets LLC has completed the rebannering of 15 Mi Pueblo stores to Cardenas Markets following last year’s merger of the two Hispanic grocery chains. The rebannering began with the remodel of the Oakland, California, Mi Pueblo in December 2017. Today, the final two Mi Pueblo locations, in East Palo Alto and San Rafael, opened […]

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Cardenas Markets Acquiring Los Altos Ranch Market

The collective owners of CNG Ranch LLC, including managing partner Northgate Gonzalez Market, have reached an agreement that allows Cardenas Markets to acquire the seven Los Altos Ranch Market stores in Arizona. The sale is expected to close within 45 days pending final approvals. “Acquisitions and new strategic store locations are a key component of […]

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Hispanic Grocers Cardenas Markets And Mi Pueblo Merge

Cardenas Markets and Mi Pueblo, two Hispanic grocery chains in which global investment firm KKR made significant investments last year alongside Victory Park Capital, have merged. The combined business will operate as Cardenas Markets LLC and will become one of the largest Hispanic supermarket chains in the country. Each grocery chain will continue to operate separately, […]