New grocery store opens its doors in Calipatria

CALIPATRIA, Calif. (KYMA) - For the first time in over 30 years, a new grocery store officially opened its doors to residents in the north end of the Imperial Valley.

"State Foods Supermarket" held its grand opening Saturday in Calipatria.

The new grocery store welcomed hundreds of people from the north end with games, raffles, prizes and a whole lot of fun.

The manager of the store says that he's thankful for the support that he's received from local residents.

"[Our] grand opening it was really nice," said Bashar Saleh, manager for State Foods Supermarket. "We got a bunch of people come in to the event. It was great doing something good for the community."

The event was capped off with a lucha libre wrestling match.

State Foods will gave another event this Saturday with even more raffles and prizes and a chance for kids to have their picture taken with Santa.