Latino shops wary of Gigante in Salt Lake City, Utah

“For more than a decade, Sue Stahle owned a Food World supermarket on Salt Lake City’s west side. But as immigrants flooded what then was a mostly white Glendale, the business had to change.
The store at 1179 Navajo St. became Supermercado de las Americas. Starting five years ago, Stahle cleared out the canned goods and added a bakery to make Mexican sweetbreads from scratch. She ordered Mexican brands - of puddings, candies and even laundry soap. And lettuce and tomatoes made way for tomatillos, chilies and cactus leaves. “

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