Carniceria Guadalajara

What Carniceria Guadalajara does

Carniceria La Guadalajara is a single-location, family-owned Hispanic market and food-service operation in Denver, Colorado. The business operates a multi-department retail model under one roof, offering a meat market (carniceria) with custom cutting and free marination, an in-house taqueria and restaurant serving Mexican cuisine, a panaderia (bakery) producing fresh Mexican breads and custom celebration cakes, an abarrotes section stocking imported groceries from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, a produce department, party-platter and family-combo catering, and a money transfer service (Envios de Dinero) enabling customers to remit funds to home countries. The company's products and services are sold exclusively through one physical storefront at 5185 W 1st Ave, Denver, CO, operating seven days a week from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM with seven employees on roster. The underlying operating model is traditional brick-and-mortar retail with no digital platform, e-commerce channel, mobile application, or proprietary technology stack disclosed in the source data. Note: a firmographic field lists the city as Los Angeles, California, but the company's own first-party website, address, phone number, and business hours all consistently indicate Denver, CO; this analysis follows the first-party source.\n\nThe customer base is the local Hispanic and Latino community in the Denver metropolitan area, drawn primarily through walk-in traffic, in-store weekly specials flyers, and word-of-mouth within the community. Revenue is generated through direct, point-of-sale retail and food-service transactions across the seven departments listed above, supplemented by transaction fees on money-transfer services. Pricing is largely unstandardized for individual items; only the family combo packages are publicly listed (Mega Paquete at $499.99 and Super Paquete at $299.99). The company is privately held with no disclosed external investment, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no management team bios, no patents or trademarks, and no partnerships disclosed, and operates as an independent local business.\n\nDistribution is single-channel and single-geography: all sales occur at the Denver storefront. Marketing is limited to in-store weekly specials flyers and a website hosted on the Hibu platform that displays the address, phone, hours, product pages, and weekly specials section. The legal entity appears to be an incorporated Colorado business (operating email [email protected] suggests an 'Inc' structure), though no specific ownership structure, investors, or founding date were identified in the available source data.

Name

Carniceria Guadalajara

Legal name

Carniceria La Guadalajara

Website

https://carnicerialaguadalajara.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Carniceria La Guadalajara is a family-owned, single-location Hispanic market in Denver, Colorado offering custom-cut meats, an in-house taqueria, bakery, imported groceries, produce, party platters, and money transfer services to the local Latino community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hispanic Specialty Retail (Meat Market, Grocery & Restaurant)

NAICS

Meat Retailers (445240), Other Specialty Food Retailers (44529)

SIC

Retail-Food Stores (5400), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Ethnic Grocery + Butcher/Bakery/Hot Bar (Integrated Service Counters) (CRAHAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Latin American & Caribbean Grocery Stores (CRAHAFAG), Butcher Shops & Meat Markets (CRAHAHAB), Mexican & Tex-Mex Fast Casual (THAFABAC), Ethnic & Regional Bakeries (e.g., Middle Eastern, Asian, Latin) (THAFAFAJ)

Keywords

• Mexican meat market
• Hispanic grocery store
• Custom meat cutting
• Mexican bakery goods
• Taqueria restaurant

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Meat Sales (Carniceria): Retail sales of fresh beef, pork, and chicken with custom cutting services. Customers can request specific cuts, thickness preferences, and receive free marination services.
2. Grocery Retail (Abarrotes): Sales of imported Hispanic/Latino grocery items, beverages, snacks, and everyday essentials sourced from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
3. Restaurant and Taqueria: Dine-in, take-out, and platter catering services featuring Mexican/Latin cuisine including breakfast items, tacos, tortas, burritos, and weekend specialties like menudo and birria.
4. Bakery (Panaderia): Sales of fresh-baked goods including bolillos, cakes, sweet pastries, cookies, and Mexican pan dulce. Custom cake orders for celebrations and events.
5. Produce Department: Retail sales of fresh seasonal produce targeting Hispanic cultures with a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables.
6. Party Platters and Family Combos: Pre-packaged family meal combinations and party platters including Mega Paquete (25 lbs) and Super Paquete (12 lbs) with various meat options, sides, and beverages.
7. Money Transfers: Wire/money transfer services (Envios de Dinero) allowing customers to send money to their home countries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Carniceria La Guadalajara operates a multi-department Hispanic specialty retail store anchored by a traditional Mexican meat market (carniceria) where skilled butchers provide custom-cut beef, pork, chicken, and Argentine cuts with complimentary marination. Surrounding departments include an in-store taqueria/restaurant serving authentic Mexican cuisine, an abarrotes (grocery) section stocked with imported products from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, a panaderia producing fresh-baked Mexican breads and custom celebration cakes, a produce (verduras) department, party platter packages for celebrations, and a money-transfer (envios de dinero) counter.

Product overview

Carniceria La Guadalajara is a traditional Mexican meat market and full-service Hispanic grocery offering a multi-department retail model. The core offering centers on the Carniceria (meat market) providing custom-cut fresh meats including beef, pork, chicken, and Argentine beef cuts with complimentary marination. The Taqueria/Restaurant serves authentic Mexican cuisine including breakfast, tacos, burritos, tortas, birria, and menudo. Supporting departments include Abarrotes (imported grocery goods from Latin America), Panaderia (fresh-baked Mexican breads and custom celebration cakes), Verduras (seasonal produce), and Envios de Dinero (money transfers). Party platter packages (Mega Paquete 25 lbs, Super Paquete 12 lbs) combine multiple meat and side options for family celebrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Meat Market (Carniceria)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Compare Foods: Independent Hispanic supermarket banner covering stores across the U.S. that operate meat markets, bakeries, produce, and prepared food departments — a comparable mid-scale Hispanic grocery format competing for similar customers.
• Cardenas Markets: A large Hispanic/specialty supermarket chain founded in Ontario, CA, operating full-service carnicerias, panaderias, taqueria, produce, and money transfer services under one roof — directly comparable in format, departments, and customer base to Carniceria La Guadalajara.
• El Super Markets: Hispanic-format grocery chain operating full-line supermarkets with in-store carnicerias, panaderias, and taqueria counters across the western U.S.; matches the integrated format and target customer of the subject business.
• Northgate González Market: Southern California-based Hispanic supermarket chain with meat market, bakery, produce, and taqueria departments in each location; the closest large-format operating analog to the integrated multi-department Hispanic market format of the subject company.
• La Michoacana Meat Market: Multi-location Hispanic meat market and grocery concept with fresh carniceria counters, imported groceries, and prepared foods in Texas — directly comparable to the meat-market-anchored format of Carniceria La Guadalajara.
• Lopez Market: Hispanic grocery chain with multiple Colorado and neighboring-state locations offering meat market, produce, bakery, and Mexican grocery staples — a regional peer intersecting directly with the subject company's Denver customer base.
• Los Altos Rancheros Market: Texas-focused Hispanic grocery and meat market operator combining carniceria, imported groceries, and prepared food — closely matching the integrated format and authentic Latin American product mix of Carniceria La Guadalajara.
• Vallarta Supermarkets: California-based chain of Hispanic supermarkets featuring full-service carnicerias, panaderias, restaurants, and imported Latin American grocery items — operating the same integrated-service-counter format as Carniceria La Guadalajara.

Regional players

• Fiesta Mart: Texas-based Hispanic supermarket chain providing full-service carniceria, panaderia, and prepared food departments; same integrated format as the subject company but does not compete in the Denver trade area.

Broad incumbents

• Sprouts Farmers Market: Specialty natural/organic grocer with growing produce and prepared-food offerings that overlap with the subject's specialty/Hispanic categories; broader portfolio without a carniceria/panaderia/taqueria integrated format.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carniceria-guadalajara

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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