Hi,I’m Julio Ibanez

CEO, Entrepreneur & President of The Hispanic Retail Chamber of Commerce

Julio Ibanez is a U.S. Hispanic retail leader, entrepreneur, and executive with extensive experience in supermarket operations, private label development, and international trade. As CEO of Aurora Grocery Group and President of The Hispanic Retail Chamber of Commerce, he works to strengthen Hispanic-owned supermarkets across the United States, fostering innovation, strategic partnerships, and growth opportunities. Julio is also co-founder of The Retail Academy, an education platform for worldwide retailers.

My Journey

From 90´s Carrefour School to Global Retail Influence

Julio began his career with the Carrefour Group in Spain, participated in the merger process of the Carrefour Group and Promodes in Europe, operated in an executive way the conversion of Carrefour Group in its variants of Supermarkets and Express formats, as well as in the growth of the private label brand in the chain. After founding in 2006 the consulting project for international retail Sudamerica Business Retail LLC, he moved to San Francisco, California in 2008. Member of the California-Spain Chamber of Commerce for the promotion and development of imported food and beverages and export between Europe and the United States.

Analyst and developer of food and beverage products around the world, defender and promoter of the commercial policies of private brands as an identity and differentiator of each Retailer, collaborating with the most influential chains in the sector, such as Walmart or Carrefour or the chains of US Hispanic supermarkets.

Julio is a conferencist and columnist on Retail issues, providing opinion leadership in industry forums, including the National Supermarket Association and the Retail Institute. He is member of the Abasto Magazine, the most important Hispanic retail magazine in the United States.
Currently, Ibanez is the CEO of Aurora Grocery Group a privately owned and operated family business with over 40 years of experience in the supermarket industry. Operating Supermarkets across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Florida. His banners includes Compare Foods, Gala Fresh Farms, and Gala Foods
Julio Ibanez is co-founder and President of The Hispanic Retail Chamber of Commerce, collaborating and promoting the US Hispanic Retailers around the last years.