Cinco De Mayo Mexican Foods Corp.

Cinco De Mayo Mexican Foods is a Chelsea tortilla manufacturer that produces corn and flour tortillas every day. Production starts from scratch, mixing flour, salt, sugar, water, oils and other ingredients, and the company’s knowledge of how those ingredients work lets it make whatever kind of tortilla the market needs. It relies on the right equipment, the best ingredients it can get and years of experience in the Mexican food business.

Mexican immigrants Jose Luis Chino and his wife Paula Chino founded the company after finding no good tortillas around and deciding to make their own. Output has grown from about 5,000 tortillas an hour in the early days to more than 70,000 an hour today, a growth story the company calls an American dream come true. Much of the work happens while many people are still asleep.

What to Know

• The company was established in 1994 and has produced tortillas daily since then.
• Tortillas are shipped out by early morning.
• It is listed by the Chelsea Chamber of Commerce.