Bruce Foods

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Bruce Foods Corporation is a privately-owned foods processing corporation based in New Iberia, Louisiana. The company maintains a broad range of both self-branded and rebranded products, focusing on the Cajun Foods, Vegetable Canning, Hot Sauce and Mexican Foods markets.

[edit] Brands

• Bruce's Canned Foods (Squash, Okra, Yams)
• Louisiana "The Original" Hot Sauce (also marketed as Red Rooster and Bruce's Hot Sauce)
• Louisiana Gold Hot Sauce
• Cajun King Cajun Food Products
• Casa Fiesta Mexican Food Products
• Mexene Chili Powder

[edit] Locations

The headquarters for Bruce Foods is 'Plant One' in Cade, Louisiana. The factory sits on LA 182 (Old Spanish Trail) and is the manufacturing location for the Louisiana "The Original", Louisiana Gold and other hot sauce brands.

'Plant Two' is the cannery headquarters in Coteau, Louisiana (also known as Lozes, Louisiana). This factory sits on LA 88 and is the home of the canning efforts in Yams, Squash, and Okra, as well as the Cajun King canned soups line and the Casa Fiesta taco shell line.

'Plant Three' is located in Wilson, North Carolina and focuses on canning Yams and other vegetables.

'Plant Four' was acquired as Ashley Foods in El Paso, TX. This factory produces the bulk of the Casa Fiesta branded items, including the processed peppers, salsa and chiles and tortilla/taco shell manufacturing.

'Plant Five' was the first international venture of the corporation, located in Kerkrade, The Netherlands. This plant produces chips and distributes the US-produced product lines into Europe and, surprisingly, heavily into Russia and The Balkans.

Other locations have been purchased and sold by the corporation over the years, including Meadowlands Foods, a Mexican foods restaurant supplier in Middletown, New York, and other factories.