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Tortilla Producers

KANSAS - NEBRASKA

SHAWNEE MISSION
LA SUPERIOR FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
4307 Merriam Dr., Shawnee Mission, KS 66203
Phone (913) 432-4933 * Fax (913) 432-0121
E-mail: larry@lasuperiorfood.com
Internet: www.lasuperiorfood.com
Sales: $6,000,000. Employees: 30. Route Trucks:
8. Type: branded, resale, private label. Type of heat
processing equipment: band ovens, cookers, extruders.
Tortillas: on-site masa production, dry corn flour (readymade), tortilla chips, wheat, corn. Tortilla brands: La
Superior.
Personnel: Marketing director - Darrell Latham; Chief
executive officer - George Young; Chief operating
officer - Larry O'Brien.

TOPEKA
*FRITO-LAY, INC.
4236 S.W. Kirklawn Ave., Topeka, KS 66609-1266
Phone (785) 267-2600 * Fax (785) 266-2439
Tortillas: tortilla chips. Tortilla brands: Doritos, Tostitos,
Santitas, Restaurant Style.
*RESER'S FINE FOODS
3167 S.E. 10th St., Topeka, KS 66607-2508
Phone (785) 233-6431 * Fax (785) 357-7369
Internet: www.resers.com
Type: branded, resale, private label. Type of heat
processing equipment: cookers, tunnel ovens,
extruders. Tortillas: taco shells, dry corn flour (readymade), fat-free, wheat, corn. Tortilla brands: La Siesta,
Reser's.
Personnel: Manager - Jeff Adair.

MASSACHUSETTS
CANTON
HARBAR LLC
320 Turnpike St., Canton, MA 02021
Phone (781) 828-0848; (800) 881-7040
Fax (781) 828-0849
E-mail: tom.stacey@harbar.com
Internet: www.harbar.com
Sales: $12,000,000. Employees: 60. Route Trucks: 2.
Type: branded, private label. Type of heat processing
equipment: band ovens. Tortillas: on-site masa
production, dry corn flour (ready-made), wheat, corn.
Tortilla brands: Maria and Ricardo's Tortilla Factory,
Wrappy, Mayan Farm.
Personnel: President - Ezequiel Montemayor;
Sales manager - Tom Stacey.

MINNESOTA
EAGEN
FRENCH MEADOW BAKERY
1000 Apollo Rd., Eagen, MN 55121
Phone (877) 669-3278
E-mail: info@frenchmeadow.com
Internet: www.frenchmeadow.com
Type: branded, private label. Tortillas: wheat, gluten
free, sprouted. Tortilla brands: French Meadow Bakery.

Type of heat processing equipment: cookers, fryers,
extruders, poppers. Tortillas: tostada shells, on-site
masa production, tortilla chips, corn. Tortilla brands:
Old Dutch.
Personnel: President, chief executive officer - Steven
Aanenson; Vice-president, chief operating officer - Eric
Aanenson; Controller - Trace Benson; Sales manager
- Jay Buckingham; Marketing manager - Matt Colford.

MISSOURI
FULTON
BACKER POTATO CHIP CO., INC.
One Industrial Rd., P.O. Box 128, Fulton, MO 65251
Phone (573) 642-2833 * Fax (573) 642-7617
Sales: $15,000,000. Employees: 65. Route Trucks:
14. Transport Trucks: 1. Type: branded, resale, private
label. Type of heat processing equipment: fryers.
Tortilla brands: Backer's.
Personnel: Chairman - W.E. Backer; President,
director, purchasing - V. McDaniel; Vice-president, sales
and marketing - Dale Backer; Plant manager
- Bill Metz; Engineering, fleet manager - Todd Martin;
Production superintendent - M. Reeves.

KANSAS CITY
GLADSTONE FOOD PRODUCTS CO., INC.
607 N.E. 69th St., Kansas City, MO 64118-2615
Phone (816) 436-1255 * Fax (816) 436-1255
Tortillas: taco shells.

NEW BRIGHTON

KENTUCKY
LOUISVILLE
MESA FOODS, INC.
3701 W. Magnolia, Louisville, KY 40211
Phone (502) 772-2500 * Fax (502) 772-7300
Type: branded, private label. Type of heat processing
equipment: band ovens, fryers, tunnel ovens. Tortillas:
other, tostada shells, tortilla chips, wheat, corn.
Personnel: Plant manager - Jeremy Meyers.

MARYLAND
SYKESVILLE
*OTTENBERG'S BAKERS, INC.
1413 Progress Way, Sykesville, MD 21784-6437
Phone (410) 549-3362
Employees: 100. Tortillas: wheat.
Personnel: Plant manager - Nancy Oswald.

*MISSION FOODS CORP.
(Gruma USA)
1565 First Ave. N.W., New Brighton, MN 55112
Internet: www.missionfoods.com
Type: branded, private label. Type of heat processing
equipment: band ovens, fryers. Tortillas: wheat, corn,
tortilla chips.
Personnel: Vice-president, area manufacturing
- William Jennings.

PERHAM
BARREL O' FUN
800 Fourth St. N.W., P.O. Box 230, Perham, MN 56573
Phone (218) 346-8060 * Fax (218) 346-7003
E-mail: sheryllachowitzer@barrelofunsnacks.com
Internet: www.barrelofunsnacks.com
Sales: $75,000,000. Employees: 440. Transport
Trucks: 7. Rail: Yes. Type: branded, private label.
Type of heat processing equipment: cookers, fryers,
extruders, poppers. Tortillas: on-site masa production,
tortilla chips, corn. Tortilla brands: Barrel O' Fun.
Personnel: President, chief executive officer - Ken
Nelson; Chief operating officer - Mike Holper.

ST. PAUL
OLD DUTCH FOODS, INC. (US)
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 64627, St. Paul, MN
55164-0627), 2375 Terminal Rd., St. Paul, MN 55113
Phone (651) 633-8810 * Fax (651) 633-8894
E-mail: customerservice@olddutchfoods.com
Internet: www.olddutchfoods.com
Employees: 425. Route Trucks: 200. Transport
Trucks: 23. Rail: Yes. Type: branded, private label.

NEBRASKA
LINCOLN
AFFINITY SNACK FOOD CO.
(Weaver's Snacks)
1600 Center Park Rd., Lincoln, NE 68512
Phone (402) 423-6625 * Fax (402) 423-0492
E-mail: sjackson@affinitymanagementco.com
Internet: www.affinitysnacks.com
Employees: 60. Transport Trucks: 3. Type: branded,
resale, private label. Type of heat processing
equipment: fryers, tunnel ovens, extruders, poppers.
Tortillas: tortilla chips. Tortilla brands: Weaver's, Don
Linos.
Personnel: Sales contact - Pat Severson.

OMAHA
CASA DE ORO FOODS, LLC
4433 S. 94th St., Omaha, NE 68127
Phone (402) 339-7740 * Fax (402) 339-0140
Internet: www.cdof.com
Employees: 200. Rail: Yes. Type: private label.
Tortillas: wheat.
Personnel: Plant manager - Michael Doeden.
MI MAMA'S TORTILLA'S LLC
828 S. 17th St., Omaha, NE 68108
Phone (402) 345-2099 * Fax (402) 345-1059
E-mail: info@mimamas.com
Internet: www.mimamas.com
Sales: $6,000,000. Employees: 45. Route Trucks: 1.
Transport Trucks: 2. Type: branded, resale, private

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2009 BAKING/SNACK DIRECTORY & BUYERS GUIDE
http://www.lasuperiorfood.com http://www.harbar.com http://www.resers.com http://www.frenchmeadow.com http://www.missionfoods.com http://www.affinitysnacks.com http://www.barrelofunsnacks.com http://www.cdof.com http://www.mimamas.com http://www.olddutchfoods.com
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