For the González family, the opening of Northgate Market in La Mirada is much more than another store launch. It’s a homecoming nearly fifty years in the making.
The story of Northgate Market begins long before the first store opened in Anaheim, CA. Don Miguel González Jiménez grew up in Jalostotitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, where he worked as a shoemaker. In 1952, a tragic fire destroyed his shop, but with the support of his wife, Doña Teresa Reynoso de González, and their growing family, he found hope in the dream of building something new. After years of hard work and struggle, Don Miguel came to the United States to pursue a better future for his children.
That future began to take shape in 1976, when the family reunited here in La Mirada. It was here that the seeds of their business first took root, eventually leading to the opening of their very first Northgate Market in Anaheim in 1980. What began as a way to provide for the family soon became something bigger: a mission to serve the community with not only food but culture and tradition…