Hispanic grocery stores – with their vast arrays of peppers and Mexican sweet breads – are steadily opening across the Valley, driven by an explosion in the population they cater to.
Garcia's Market opened Thursday in Kerman. And just this spring, Sylmar-based Vallarta Supermarkets opened its fifth store in the central San Joaquin Valley, this one in Tulare.
"I'm sure there's going to be more," said Shane Anderson, a Commercial Retail Associates retail broker who helps landlords sign with retailers.
"Several of them we're talking to have been up touring the Central Valley. It's a matter of time before they start making deals."
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