{"id":420113,"date":"2026-10-06T10:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420113\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:58:08","slug":"south-florida-business-owner-shares-story-of-uruguayan-heritage-hard-work-perseverance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420113\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida business owner shares story of Uruguayan heritage, hard work, perseverance"},"content":{"rendered":"

A South Florida<\/a> entrepreneur is sharing his story of Uruguayan heritage, hard work, and perseverance.<\/p>\n

For Andres Gonzalez, the grocery business is more than a job. It’s been part of his life since he was 13 years old, working in his parents’ store in Uruguay.<\/p>\n

After moving to Miami in 2017, he eventually turned his passion for healthy food into a business of his own.<\/p>\n

“Right now, I am working a lot. Seven days a week, long shifts, sometimes 12 hours, 15 hours but for me, it’s my passion. It’s coming with me in my blood, I don’t feel like hard work. You know what I mean, it’s part of my life,” said Andres Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

After struggling to find the fresh, organic food he wanted for his own family, Gonzalez saw an opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u00a0“So, I realized that nobody was offering high-quality products, clean, no pesticides, no chemicals,” said Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

He opened Kobs Green Market at Plantation Walk, offering products he says he would personally eat, while building something just as important: community<\/p>\n

“We have a relationship with our customers. They coming two, three, four times a week,” said Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

That sense of community extends to his employees. Kitchen manager Carlos Ber runs the kitchen and the grill, cooking up fresh dishes for clients.<\/p>\n

“It’s a good atmosphere to work here, very good. It’s like family to me. I was passing by here and I noticed they were from Uruguay because they were drinking mate, you know what we drink over there, so I figured they ought to be from Uruguay, so I met them and we became really good friends,” said Ber.<\/p>\n

For Gonzalez, his journey is also a reminder of the opportunity he found after coming to the United States and the work it takes to build something from the ground up.<\/p>\n

“It’s not easy to start a new business from the ground here, but I think the USA is the best country to do that, so this country bring to you the best opportunity,” said Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

His advice to other aspiring entrepreneurs: come ready to work hard, make sacrifices, and keep moving forward.<\/p>\n

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