Where it Started
1995
PAQ, Inc. acquires two (2) Food 4 Less stores - Stockton, (March Lane & Wilson Way) and one in Lodi, California.
1998
Food 4 Less opens its 3rd Stockton location (Weston Ranch)
1999
PAQ, Inc. opens the Hammer Lane Food 4 Less location in North Stockton bringing the total Food 4 Less stores in Stockton to four (4)
2000
Food 4 Less opens in Manteca, California
2002
Food 4 Less opens in Los Banos, California
2003
Food 4 Less opens in Salinas, California
2004
PAQ, Inc. introduces and opens their newest concept, Rancho San Miguel Market, to the Stockton area. Our Lodi location opens a few months later.
2005
Food 4 Less opens in Ceres, California
2006
PAQ, Inc. acquires the Souza Group Food 4 Less stores in Paso Robles, Atascadero and San Luis Obispo, becoming the leading grocery store in the Independent Warehouse Grocers Association of Northern California (IWGANC) with a total of 14 stores months later.
2007
Rancho San Miguel Market opens in Merced, California
2008
Rancho San Miguel Market opens in Madera, California
2012
Rancho San Miguel Market opens in Greenfield, California
2017
Food 4 Less opens in Arroyo Grande, California
2018
PAQ, Inc. expands footprint into Sacramento with the opening of our Food 4 Less Mack Road
2019
PAQ, Inc. becomes a 100% Employee Owned Company
2020
PAQ, Inc. opens a Food 4 Less store in Rio Linda & Rancho Cordova, California
2022
Rancho San Miguel Market opens in Sacramento, California
February 2023
PAQ, Inc. opens a new warehouse in Lathrop, CA
2023
PAQ, Inc. Retail Support Centers (Lathrop & Stockton) move to Lodi, CA. The new address is 3021 Reynolds Ranch Parkway, Suite 230-Lodi, CA 95240
2024
Food 4 Less opens in Fairfield, California