November 19, 2018

On October 22, the Chamber’s IBA Committee and Jerry Sanders met with Calimax’s President Ignacio Fimbres and his team to learn about the company’s history, international activities, and upcoming ventures. A brief presentation of Calimax’s operations and vision was followed by a brief tour of the Tijuana Distribution Center which supplies all of the stores in the state of Baja. With a warehouse in Otay Mesa and registered as an LLC in San Diego, Calimax looks forward to expanding into San Diego.

Calimax is a grocery store chain headquartered in Tijuana and operating since 1939. With over 100 stores in the states of Sonora and Baja California, Calimax distributes over 20,000 products of which 30 percent are imported from the United States. Through a joint venture with Smart & Final, Inc., Calimax operates an additional 15 unaffiliated grocery stores in the Northwest of Mexico.