LATINO FOOD – US

BY PHILIP FINE US food investors have acquired a taste for Mexican food as small and medium-sized Californian latino-food producers are being increasingly targeted for purchase by mainstream American food firms. According to a specialist report in the Los Angeles Times, burrito-maker Don Miguel Foods, salsa-maker Chilay Foods and taquitos and quesadillas-maker Excelline Foods were all bought or heavily financed recently by bigger firms. Excelline, echoing other businesses told the Times it will now have the financing to ramp up distribution, put out new products ...


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