Vallarta Supermarkets expands to Arizona, plans 15 stores in Phoenix area

Article originally posted on Phoenix Business Journal on September 26, 2025

Southern California-based Vallarta Supermarkets has made its first inroads into Arizona with plans to open a new store in Glendale in early 2026.

Headquartered in Santa Clarita, California, Vallarta has been operating for 40 years, primarily focused on California’s Latino customer base. It has more than 70 stores in California and continues to expand in the Golden State. The company has already started construction on its first Arizona location and will be pursuing an aggressive growth strategy in the Valley.

“We came to make a presence here, not for just one store,” Cesar Gonzalez, Vallarta’s chief operating officer, told the Business Journal. “[We’ll open] 10 to 15 in the next five to 10 years.”

The first Arizona Vallarta store will be going into the Grandview Plaza on the northeast corner of 59th Avenue and Camelback Road near the border of Glendale and Phoenix. The center’s ownership moved around a pawn shop tenant within the center so Vallarta could occupy 49,000 square feet where the shop and a former Goodwill store used to operate.

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