1928 1928 products mexican goods boxed mixes brands cajun injector casa fiesta bruce s pancake muffin and biscuit mixes cajun king mexene chili website www.brucefoods.com bruce foods corporation founded in new iberia louisiana in 1928 1 is one of america s largest privately owned food manufacturers manufacturing many food products under five major labels and is credited with pioneering the canning of mexican food . 2 3 with four stateside manufacturing plants the company has more than 1 200 employees . 2 among its brands are bruce foods manufactures cajun injector marinades casa fiesta mexican foods mexene chili products cajun king and bruce s sweet potato pancake muffin & biscuit mixes . 3 contents 1 bruce foods brands 2 renewable energy practices 3 preferential treatment contested 4 cajun injector lawsuit 5 sponsorship 6 awards 7 officers 8 competitors 9 notes 10 references 11 external links bruce foods brands edit cajun injector injectable marinades injectable marinades infuse flavor deep inside meat and seafood . no soak time is required for full flavor penetration . meat or seafood can be cooked immediately after injecting the marinade . cajun injector offers a variety of flavors with the most popular being creole butter and creole garlic . casa fiesta mexican foods casa fiesta offers a complete line of authentic mexican prepared foods . it is the only major brand of mexican food still produced in el paso tx . the line includes sauces dips shells beans rice dinner kits and seasoning mixes . all products are made with natural ingredients . mexene one hundred and one years ago john walker of the walker chili co. developed mexene chili powder in a small texas town . the flavor was designed to duplicate the popular taste of chili made by cowboys and loved by everyone in the area . as the word spread and its reputation grew from winning chili recipe contests mexene s brand awareness and distribution grew along with it . today mexene is manufactured in el paso texas by bruce foods . the original recipe and manufacturing process remain the same as they were in 1906 . cajun king seasoning mixes a complete line of seafood mixes that are pre measured and pre mixed so that even the novice cook can make gourmet seafood meals in under 30 minutes . the products are made with all natural ingredients and no preservatives . renewable energy practices edit as part of its green initiative the company recently updated an 11 000 square feet 1 000 m2 building in wilson north carolina with a renewable energy system designed to recover methane gas a normal waste by product that had until now been released into the atmosphere . the recovered gas assists with the plant s energy needs ; additionally the plant s water treatment system has accrued a 6 million us gallon 23 000 m3 gas digester which is meant to ensure a more efficient water treatment process . 2 preferential treatment contested edit in 2009 bruce foods contested the decision by the louisiana state budget panel to award conagra foods inc. with a multi million dollar contract to construct a sweet potato facility . on the moon griffon radio show bruce foods president si brown charged that the state s economic development office headed by stephen moret had unnecessarily underwritten the out of state competitor with tax dollars . brown asserted that his company could have built the plant in question for 1 million whereas conagra was granted a 37 million contract . 4 according to moret since bruce foods has been unwilling to open up their ledgers they were automatically disqualified from receiving state economic loans . brown countered that since bruce foods is a privately held company they are not required to file financial disclosures . 5 6 cajun injector lawsuit edit cajun injector founder chef maurice reece williams sued bruce foods to the tune of 24 million in 2005 claiming that the company had not done due diligence promoting the product as agreed upon when williams sold his line of injectable marinades to bruce foods . according to a jury williams was unable to prove that he had been fraudulently induced to sell the line of marinades and instead ruled that cajun injector had breached the purchase agreement by not providing bruce foods with the marinade recipes . the jury also awarded bruce foods 224 000 in damages for debts incurred by cajun injector before the sale of purchase . williams however was not held personally liable for any of the damages which totaled 1.1 million . 7 8 sponsorship edit in the past the company has sponsored bull riding events and nascar races at michigan international speedway . bruce foods corp. president si brown commented on this decision by telling the new york times the real consumers who keep hot sauce factories running are from the inner city and blue collar and young people who have grown up with it . there s still a lot of growth potential because young people like spicy food . and more and more cheap food is being sold which needs hot sauce for flavor . 9 in its more recent history bruce foods former label louisiana hot sauce has partnered with football fanatics an online retailer to create a football tailgating theme as a consumer driven promotion . 10 in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the daytona 500 louisiana hot sauce was one of many products to be stamped with a commemorative 50th race logo at the midwestern grocery chain kroger . 11 awards edit in 1987 bruce foods received business america s e award for excellence in exporting an award given to companies that have a long term record of exporting or providing export service . in 1990 the company received business america s e star award for outstanding contribution to the export expansion program of the united states of america . business america singled out bruce foods for having been instrumental in expanding trade with russia helping sponsor the first soviet american chef exchange . bruce foods has also been honored and awarded by industry organizations including the national food processors association the american culinary federation the paperboard packaging council the better business bureau and the national association of marketing officials . officers edit chairman norman brown sr. president and ceo joseph s. si brown iii competitors edit allen canning b & g foods conagra foods inc. mccormick & company mcilhenny notes edit business america is a united states government publication that analyzes and covers american business and economic issues . it was followed by export america a now defunct publication . 12 references edit louisiana the perfect hot sauce a b c pr news wire 20 july 2009 one of america s largest privately owned food manufacturers bruce foods brings renewable energy to north carolina and creates jobs a b fried turkey for thanksgiving is becoming a tradition hammond star 29 october 2009 do as i say 26 july 2009 bruce foods says competitor getting preferential treatment potato pro 28 august 2009 louisiana budget committee awards 37 million for conagra foods lamb weston sweet potato plant food manufacturing 11 august 2009 ruling for bruce foods over cajun injector upheld the advocate 17 june 2009 ex owner not liable in cajun injector suit new york times 18 march 1998 the heat is on tulsa teamfanshop progressive grocer kroger food marketers to seek gold at 50th daytona 500 export america external links edit official website si brown comments on roi in el paso manufacturing market la . looks to tap russian market brown comments on trade relations with russia hoover s profile bruce foods corporation v t e pancakes list of pancakes types bleskiver apam balik appam baghrir b nh cu n b nh x o bannock blini blodpl ttar borlengo bo k te boxty cachapa chalboribbang chataamari chinese cholermus crempog cr pe crumpet david eyre s dosa dutch baby egg waffle farinata fl dle fl skpannkaka funkaso galette gundel gyabrag hirayachi hortob gyi palacsinta hotteok injera jeon johnnycake 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