Latino Groceries Are Now Big Business In Waukegan, Illinois

“The small mom-and-pop Latino supermarkets in Waukegan offer more than just groceries. They offer immigrants tastes of home, whether it’s Mexico, Central America or Puerto Rico. Immigrants also can buy international calling cards, wire money home, grab a fresh taco, cash paychecks and find books, magazines and greeting cards in Spanish.

Since the first days when Puerto Rican Ramon Soto arrived in Waukegan with $15 in his pocket and started selling tortillas and produce out of the back of his truck in 1955, stores catering to Latinos have become big business. There are now more than a dozen in Waukegan.”

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