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Home > Company Index > Food, Beverage & Tobacco > Food Wholesale - to Grocers > Authentic Specialty Foods, Inc.

Authentic Specialty Foods, Inc.
 PROFILE
Authentic Specialty Foods spices up grocery shelves. The company, a subsidiary of Mexican industrial group Desc, manufactures Mexican spices and sauces, and it distributes them to retailers and food service suppliers throughout the US and internationally. Its products include the La Victoria brand of salsas and sauces, Embasa chilies, and Sauces Unlimited food service products. Authentic Specialty Foods also makes and distributes private-label products for large grocery store chains. In 1999 the company sold its tortilla division to tortilla and corn product giant Gruma and formed an alliance with ethnic food manufacturer SK to supply UK grocery stores.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
1998 Sales (mil.): 42.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 12.9%
Employees: 600
Revenue per employee: $70,000.00

 KEY PEOPLE
• James L. Lanzillo
    CEO
• Dotti Reed
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
4340 Eucalyptus
Chino, CA 91710
US
Phone: 909-631-2000
Fax: 909-631-2100
Online: Web Site

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