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Mar 14, 2013 · Mar 14, 2013. 0. Jesus Cardenas, founder of the Cardenas Markets chain, died last week at his home after battling cancer for the last nine years. He was 73. Cardenas is survived by his wife...
California State University, San Bernardino. Luz Cardenas and her late husband, Jesus Cardenas Sr. are the founders of the grocery store food chain Cardenas Markets, one of the most successful privately owned companies in the Inland Empire.
As of 2019, the company operates 49 Cardenas stores and seven Los Altos Ranch Markets stores in California, Arizona, and Nevada. History. Cardenas began in 1981 when Jesús Cárdenas, a farmworker from Jalisco, and his wife Luz opened their first grocery store in Ontario.
- 1981 (California), 1998 (Nevada and Arizona)
- Retail
- Meat, produce, seafood, flowers, baked goods
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Jun 19, 2014 · Photo courtesy of CSUSB. The late Jesus Cardenas and his wife Luz, founders of the Cardenas Markets chain, were awarded an honorary doctorates of humane letters for their remarkable contributions to business, education and quality of life in the Inland Empire by the California State University system and California State University, San ...
Today, Cardenas Markets has 30 stores in Southern California and Nevada with more than 3,000 employees and more than $800 million in estimated sales. Jesus and Luz believed in supporting education, health and anything that benefits the quality of life in the communities in which their stores are located.
Apr 23, 2014 · -- The late Jesus Cardenas and his wife Luz, founders of the Cardenas Markets chain, will be awarded honorary doctorates of humane letters for their remarkable contributions to business,...
Jul 6, 2017 · The company was founded by Jesus and Luz Cardenas in 1981 and was family-owned until November, when it was acquired for an undisclosed amount by KKR, a New York City-based global investment firm. On Thursday, KKR announced it was merging the 31-store Cardenas with Mi Pueblo, a San Jose chain with 15 stores that was founded in 1991.
