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Mexico Grocer Expanding Into California

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Grupo Gigante's U.S. arm is hunting for sites in Santa Ana and Anaheim. The grocer operates more than 200 stores south of the border, making it one of Mexico's biggest grocery chains.

By David W. Myers | Updated on May 18, 2001

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-The US arm of Mexico-based grocery giant Grupo Gigante SA de CV has announced plans to build one new store in Santa Ana and another in Anaheim, hoping to cash-in on the Southland’s burgeoning number of Hispanics.

The Mexico City-based company is currently talking with the owners of potential sites in both cities and also with developers, says Justo Frias, president of Gigante USA. “We hopefully will open the stores within a year,” Frias adds.

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