California; Cardenas Northgate Group Ranch, Sanders tapped to run Hispanic retail partnership.

Dan Sanders has been named to oversee operations at Cardenas Northgate Group Ranch LLC, the joint venture that acquired 11 Pro’s Ranch Markets last month, local sources told SN.

Sanders was president of Acme Markets, Malvern, Pa., when it was owned by Supervalu after serving as CEO of United Supermarkets, Lubbock, Texas. He could not be reached for comment Friday.

CNG Ranch LLC — encompassing seven stores in Arizona, two in New Mexico and two in Texas — was created in early February to acquire the 11 stores by two Hispanic operators who compete in Southern California: Cardenas Markets, Ontario, Calif., and Northgate Gonazlez Markets, Anaheim, Calif.