Azteca Foods, Inc Employee Directory

Food and Beverage ManufacturingUnited States51-200 Employees

Based in Chicago, Azteca Foods, Inc. manufactures Mexican food products and is recognized for its early innovation in refrigerated tortillas, emphasizing fewer preservatives to extend shelf life while maintaining quality. The business grew from a community initiative in 1969, when Velasquez and fellow Mexican American entrepreneurs invested to bring traditional Mexican foods to a wider audience, and it later rebranded after reclaiming its assets from Pillsbury in 1989.

Today the company operates from a 100,000-square-foot facility on Chicago's southwest side and serves national and international markets, offering tortillas, bake-and-fill salad shells, and tortilla chips, along with Azteca Meal Essentials. In 2017, it launched a product platform featuring no-preservative flour options to respond to demand for fresher products. The Velasquez family remains actively involved in local community initiatives, serving on more than 20 not-for-profit boards to support Chicago and the Latino community.

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