Since the opening of our first grocery store in 1972 the Beltran Family has not only provided its customers with impeccable service and great prices but with the highest quality meats and produce available. We migrated to the United States from Cuba in 1969 and settled in New Jersey with not more than our name. In 1972 my father, Roberto, and his best friend, formed a partnership and opened our first store called Las Brisas Grocery in Union City. They catered to the local neighborhood which was mostly inhabited by Puerto Ricans and Cubans. The partnership lasted for many successful years. The business was prosperous enough allowing my parents to send my brother, Manny, and I to college. After graduating from St. Thomas Aquinas College in 1984 and working briefly on Wall Street, I decided to return to our family business. In 1988 we bought Kikos Grocery and Meat Market. Shortly thereafter, a shopping plaza was built across the street from our store and 1990 we relocated into a vacant space; we changed the name to Kikos Supermarket. During the following 10 years we opened and sold several stores in West New York and Clifton with the C-Town Supermarket chain.