Students will attend classes on the new multi-million dollar, 76-acre campus next week. On December 18, the district organized a ribbon-cutting ceremony to give community members, board members, and former students a sneak peek at the expansive new campus. Among its features are a two-story academic building, and numerous career technical education (CTE) buildings for the school’s Medical Academy, the Engineering/Construction Management Academy, the Agriculture and Natural Resources pathway, and the Systems Diagnostic, Service and Repair pathway.

The campus also features a gymnasium, performing arts theater, and a student union, which feels like it belongs on a college campus. Future additions include a farm, a stadium for track and field, football and soccer, a baseball stadium, a softball stadium, an aquatics complex, and additional practice fields and outdoor basketball and tennis courts.

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The event will feature distinguished speakers including Eddie Valero—Tulare County Supervisor District 4, Sonia Mehrmand— President of the Tulare County Library Foundation, Susan Abair—President of the Friends of the Dinuba Library, Mayor Maribel Reynosa —City of Dinuba, and others. Darla Wegener, County Librarian hosts the event with Branch Librarian, Stephanie Buckridge, welcoming everyone to the new Dinuba Branch.

Dinuba, a community of 25,573, is located Northwest of Visalia, just off Road 80. This project was supported in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the

California State Library. Thanks also to the Tulare County Library Foundation, Friends of Dinuba Library, Friends of Tulare County Library, Friends of Three Rivers Library and many other contributors.

The newly remodeled Branch provides expanded and improved spaces for children, young adults, and adults, including a new computer area, a Friends book sale room in the refreshed community room, and much more.  The approximately 8300 square foot space located 150 S I St houses books, DVDs, CDs, and magazines to provide the Dinuba community with their informational, recreational, educational, and cultural needs.

County Librarian, Darla Wegener “The Tulare County Library is happy to reopen the Dinuba Branch for the community. Come on in to get a free library card, find a book, attend a program, and so much more.”

The Tulare County Library serves all the citizens of Tulare County with locations in seventeen communities, a literacy center, Pop Up Tulare County outreach and bookmobile, and an online presence at www.tularecountylibrary.org.

Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/tularecountylibrary and www.facebook.com/DinubaBranch and follow us on Instagram, @tularecountylib, or Twitter twitter.com/TulareCountyLib. For more information, please contact the Dinuba Branch Library at their updated phone number 559 595-7195.

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Dinuba Certified Farmers’ Market celebrates its 10^th anniversary and kicks of its celebration Friday, May 31. Families who spend up to $10 on fruits and vegetables will get up to an additional $10 to purchase even more fruits and veggies. In addition, the Kaweah Health Dinuba Clinic is offering a Veggie Rx program to bring new families to the market. This event will take place every Friday from May 31 through July 12^, from 5-8 p.m., sponsored by Kaweah Health, Health Net, Family HealthCare Network, and Valley Health Team.  The City of Dinuba Parks and Recreation Dept. and STEP UP funds also support the market. 

 Held in downtown Dinuba, the Dinuba Certified Farmers’ Market is a powerful tool to provide the education and fresh, healthy food to combat obesity, diabetes and other health challenges faced in the Central Valley. It is also an important venue for local farmers – to display and sell their products. This initiative was the product of a collaborative effort by the NLOM-Tulare County Partnership, comprised of multiple organizations and leaders in the community, including Kaweah Health.

 “At Kaweah Health, we are more than just a hospital or the place where patients come to see us when they’re sick. We are also a resource to keep families healthy,” said Alma Torres-Nguyen, Kaweah Health’s Community Outreach Manager.

 Kaweah Health is proud to have helped revitalize the Dinuba Farmers’ Market 10 years ago alongside strong partners including the City of Dinuba, Family HealthCare Network, Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency, Self-Help Enterprises and others. “We feel that this is an added resource for Dinuba families to get quality, affordable produce and promote community wellness.”

 Alma’s Community Outreach team, part of Kaweah Health’s Population Health division, spearheaded this collaborative effort recognizing the need to link people in Tulare County with key resources, such as WIC, senior services, health care centers, and nutrition education, so they can enjoy healthier lives.

 In addition to fresh affordable fruits and vegetables, this year’s market will offer “Theme Nights” in hopes of making it the Hot Spot for Friday nights. Themes such as; Super Heroes’ Day, Kids’ Day, Noche Latina, and First Responders’ Night.  All nutrition education, physical activities, health screenings, and opportunity drawings will focus on these themes. Opening night will feature The Classic All -Stars, a local band that plays variety music including Latin favorites.

 The Dinuba Farmers’ Market accepts Market Match, and fruit and vegetable nutrition program vouchers (FMNP) issued by Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) and the Area Agency on Aging senior program.

 “There are many components that factor in for a successful Farmers Market, and one of those is commitment and dedication which we see amongst our partners, vendors, and the community. It is an honor to continue offering this free, family friendly, community event, and we will continue this tradition year after year as we continue growing,” says the Market’s Manager, Michelle Tapia.

This collaborative effort of the Central Valley Network Leaders on the Move, Tulare County Partnership (CVNLOM) is comprised of local government, profit and non-profit agencies, and resident leaders. The committee meets monthly to strategize and coordinate the annual seasonal farmers’ market. The revitalized Dinuba Certified Farmers’ Market has reached many surrounding communities labeled as food deserts (areas lacking access to healthy foods).

See you there……

Dinuba Farmers’ Market 10^th Annual Grand Opening – Market will take place from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, May 31, at 289 S. L Street in downtown Dinuba. The market will take place on Fridays and will run for six weeks. For more information, please call: 624-2758. 

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“I am very proud to achieve this milestone anniversary” says Ed Dena, owner of Ed Dena’s Auto Center, “The Central Valley is a great place to do business, and we’re supported by awesome clients… everything we do is focused on delivering the best possible experience to our customers!”

As Ed Dena’s Auto Center has grown, the business has expanded to include a new generation of ownership, represented by Ed’s daughter Ashley Dena. “I’ve been part of this business for most of my life, and the responsibility of building for the next 20 years of success is my focus” said Ashley, “I look forward to even bigger and better things to come!!”

This success of Ed Dena’s Auto Center led to the opening of two additional Central Valley auto dealerships. Ed Dena’s Used Car Superstore, on the corner of Main Street and Ben Maddox in Visalia, opened in 2015. Borderline Classics & Auto Sales, 124 South K Street in Downtown Dinuba, opened in 2019. Both dealerships provide Central Valley consumers with even more choices when shopping for late model pre-owned vehicles or classic cars of every style and vintage!!

Looking to the future, Ed Dena’s Auto Center in Dinuba is developing a new state-of-the-art service center currently under construction and set to open in early 2024. This new service center provides the space and technology to service larger commercial vehicles and work trucks, while offering faster turnaround times for regular service clients.

“I want to thank everyone for a great 20 years” said Ed Dena, “and I look forward to supporting the Central Valley with great cars and service for another 20 years – I truly believe the best is yet to come!!”

Ed Dena’s Auto Center  is located at 1500 W. El Monte Way, Dinuba CA 93618,  559.591.1500

www.EDDENASAUTOCENTER.com

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At Dinuba’s December 8 City Council meeting, it was all about the women.

Dinuba has three female city council members, two of which were voted in as mayor and vice mayor.

Council Member Linda Launer, who just won her second term in November, was chosen by her peers to be mayor. Council Member Maribel Reynosa, who has sat on the council for six years, was voted as vice mayor.

It didn’t come without some friendly wrangling though.

The previous mayor, Kuldip Thusu, ran the meeting and nominated Maribel Reynosa for mayor, which was seconded by Council Member Armando Longoria.

Reynosa then nominated Launer for mayor and Launer seconded the motion.

When the city clerk began the roll call to vote, Reynosa stopped the proceedings and asked if there was going to be any discussion.

“Don’t we do a discussion before the vote?” Launer added.

“Would you like to discuss it?” asked then Vice Mayor Longoria.

Launer’s concern arose because two years ago the nominations were made and voted on so quickly council members did not have time to think.

“It was pushed through and bullied,” said Launer.

Thusu opened up the discussion and Longoria said he nominated Reynosa this time around because she had been on the council for six years and would be good for Dinuba. Launer responded that the number of years someone had been on the council has never been an issue when deciding who should be mayor.

This was in evidence two years ago when Longoria nominated himself for mayor, despite the fact it was his first day on the council.

Longoria then admitted that two years ago he asked Reynosa if she wanted to be mayor.

“She said she didn’t want it but didn’t say why,” he said.

Launer responded by asking if it was appropriate for council members to discuss city issues with other council members in private. Longoria defended himself by saying that he had not yet taken the oath of office when he asked Reynosa the question.

Launer ended up winning the mayoral seat 3-2 with newly elected Council Member Rachel Nerio-Guerrero being the third vote.

Nominations were then held for vice mayor. Thusu nominated Longoria and was seconded by Longoria. Launer nominated Reynosa; that was seconded by Guerrero.

Reynosa won by a vote of 3-2.

Concerns swirl around Longoria

With the rushed vote during Dinuba’s reorganization two years ago, Longoria was voted in as vice mayor without any discussion despite major concerns by some Dinuba residents. Questions quickly surfaced in the weeks following the vote about Longoria’s 10 unpaid tax liens spanning over 10 years. Longoria said at the time he was unaware of the liens. He then thought the liens “were all cleared up” when he and his wife filed for bankruptcy.

Before this year’s city council’s reorganization, a concerned Dinuba resident sent The Valley Voice a 2006 article from the Fresno Bee. The article, titled “Housing, jobs – on Dinuba’s list of issues faced by candidates in 3 City Council races,” was written by Sarah Jimenez.

The article states, “Longoria, 35, admits a criminal past, including felony convictions for drug possession and vehicle theft in 1999. But he said he has turned his life around and learned from his mistakes. “Everyone tells me I’m a good person to talk to,” he said. “That’s what it should be about … listening.” The paper went on to say, “Convicted felons, except for certain circumstances, can run for elected office as long as they are not incarcerated or on parole, said Hiley Wallis, Tulare County Elections manager.”

Longoria has run for Dinuba City Council every four years for the last ten years, in 2006, 2010, and 2014, and finally won by a 22-vote margin in November of 2018.

Repeated attempts to contact Longoria through email, the city clerk and several phone numbers were unsuccessful.

Council’s on same page, 99% of the time

Launer’s goals for Dinuba for 2021 echo those of the former mayor, Thusu.

“Foremost, I want a balanced budget. And revitalize business at the end of COVID. We also need to maintain the funding for city services such as water, fire and police,” Launer said.

She also said Dinuba has a new water system that went on line this year. “The problem of the downtown streets flooding during heavy rains has been resolved.”

Launer said that the city has been well managed and is doing well despite the pandemic.

Thusu agreed, saying the economic viability of Dinuba is important and a priority of the council.

“It is small businesses that make a small town viable,” Thusu said. “It has been hard. Despite that, Dinuba is one of the few towns in the black.”

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The event will take place from 5-8 p.m. at Entertainment Plaza, 289 S. L. St., in Dinuba. It is free and open to the public.

The event is hosted by Kaweah Delta, founders of the collaborative Network Leaders on the Move Tulare County Partnership, with the City of Dinuba, California Department of Public Health, and other organizations.

Such celebrations happen each September, when the California Department of Public Health’s Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch observes Latino Health Awareness Month (LHAM).

During the event, families will be engaged in nutrition and physical education activities. Physical education activities will include the Distance for Diabetes Walk – the first steps to encourage diabetics to be more physically active – and interactive children activities. Adults will also have the opportunity to learn firsthand how to create healthier changes in their community from resident community leaders. The event will also feature, a mini farmers’ market, health screenings, healthy recipe sampling, a thirst quenching alternative to sugary beverages, raffles and much more.

“September is a month when we as Latinos are reminded to focus on our health and evaluate whether we need to make some changes,” said Eustolia Zamora-Bonilla, Community Health Worker II with Kaweah Delta’s Community Outreach Department. “Even the smallest changes can make a huge impact on our health.”

Alarmingly, obesity affects more than 32 percent of California Latino adults. Almost 40 percent of Latino adolescents are either overweight or obese, according to the 2015 study, “Obesity in California.”

Also during the festival, attendees will learn how to “switch it up” by using traditional Latino recipes and incorporating more fruits and vegetables and by cooking with less oils and fats. Additionally, attendees will learn the importance of drinking more water and the significance of cutting down on sugar-sweetened beverages such as sodas and energy drinks. Research shows that sugar-sweetened beverages comprise the largest source of added sugar and are associated with increased rates of obesity and other chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes.

Kaweah Delta is a publicly-owned community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia region and Tulare County. For more information, visit www.kaweahdelta.org.

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Five months ago, when Dinuba farmer Paul Buxman collided with the idea of saving fellow farmer Will Scott, Jr. in the middle of the night, conventional wisdom would have found the proposed effort paltry. Just one farm among thousands, Scott’s wells were going dry, threatening to end his life as a farmer.

The drought was dragging on, big growers were drilling superdeep wells, pumping hard, and lowering the groundwater table everywhere, with few people protesting and no end in sight. In most people’s minds, the handwriting was on the wall for smaller-scale growers, but the lack of response was deafening.

There is nothing conventional about either Buxman or Scott, however. Both men grew up eating black-eyed peas from their mothers’ kitchen gardens. Both men farm with Massey-Ferguesson tractors. More important, both men farm with a purpose beyond making money, with passions for community, healthy food and ecological wholeness. Most important, both men farm in covenant with their Maker.

Both men also have a bent for organizing others in the effort to keep people on the land, growing food and being members of their communities. Organizing small family farmers is notoriously difficult, yet both Buxman and Scott have succeeded where others have thrown up their hands in despair. After all, why try to save this increasingly diminishing number of food producers when they are just a drop in the bucket compared to the dynamos of California production agriculture?

“It always comes back to food,” Scott said, while hoeing weeds away from the irrigation spigots at the end of rows of old cauliflower and cabbage ready to be plowed under as soon as the clutch on the tractor is fixed. He described howmonocropping patterns have destroyed the soil, diminished human diets, reduced local food supplies and made them less secure. He spoke about the cultural need to have people be more than consumers and renters, described the emptiness he finds in the eyes of our youth who have little prospect of being anything more than that.

The most important thing, he said, is to provide access to healthy food for the people who need it, to get that critical resource where it’s going to do some good.

“Without food, man becomes an animal,” he said, looking at the ground he had just cultivated. “If we take care of the least of us, everybody else will do well,” he said.

It is in the name of food and its more even distribution that Scott farms his 40 acres, growing organic beans and fresh vegetables to sell in the poorer urban farmers’ markets, what the Fresno organization Food Commons calls “food deserts.” It is in the name of food and good food growers that he started and helps maintain the African-American Farmers of California, where the tiny handful of Black farmers remaining in the Valley find mutual support and marketing aid. It is in the name of food that he started the 16-acre demonstration site to train youths to farm, market and even cook their own food, developing recipes that have already earned a few blue ribbons at the Fresno County Fair.

“The community can’t afford to lose this man,” Buxman declared five months ago as he launched the fundraising effort to drill deeper wells for Scott Buxman, who helps support his farming habit by painting beautiful scenes of the Valley’s remaining small farmscapes, decided to offer one signed, numbered, backed and wrapped lithograph for every foot deepened in Scott’s wells.

Three days after the idea was born, the first check arrived at his door, “priming the pump” for what would become a flood of generosity. By Christmastime, with little more than a few events and church presentations, more than $12,000 had been raised for lowering Scott’s wells. After

The Fresno Bee carried an update on the project February 21, another slew of checks arrived, encouraging the realization that people really do care about the fate of this small farmer, and perhaps even small farmers in general.

Arts Visalia is showing Buxman’s work at its gallery March 4-25. It has generously agreed to receive contributions for the Drill for Will Project as well as distribute the lithographs. At the opening on Friday, March 4, Buxman will be joined by Scott, as well as many other people who have pitched in to make this fundraising drive succeed.

The opening is from 6-8 pm at the Arts Visalia gallery, 214 E. Oak St.(559) 730-0905. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday-Saturday from noon-5:30 pm.

For more about this project visit, www.drillforwill.blog.com.

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As its name implies, the law was intended to balance the federal budget by 2002, reducing spending by $160 billion in the process. To achieve its self-imposed fiscal goal, which was forgotten after 9/11, Congress cut $119 billion in health care spending over five years, nearly 10% of it from rural hospitals like those that once dotted the Central Valley. Tiny facilities already struggling to stay afloat, like Dinuba’s Alta District Hospital (AHD) and Memorial Hospital at Exeter, took a double blow when Congress slashed Medicare repayments as well. They were doomed.

Dinuba’s Hospital Collapses

Memorial, a privately-owned facility, sold itself off to the Kaweah Delta Health Care District, and some services are still available on its former campus. Alta and the people it served weren’t as lucky, and despite cutting services and changing their business plan, the hospital closed in 2001. The Alta Healthcare District filed a Chapter 9 bankruptcy, a rare portion of the code reserved only for government entities. For the last 14 years, the AHD sat nearly idle, collecting its tiny percentage of property tax income and using it to repay its debts. Now, it’s done.

“The bankruptcy’s been closed,” said Clifford Bressler, the Clovis-based CPA who oversaw AHD’s finances during its insolvency and now works for the District as its administrator. “I was the gentleman in charge of collecting the income and paying it back out.”

What Bressler and the District managed to accomplish was rare.

“This is only the third case in 25 years that I’ve been a trustee that all creditors have been paid off with interest,” he said.

A New Start

In total, more than $3.5 million dollars was returned to more than 100 creditors. The final payment was made this fall, and on October 31, the US Bankruptcy Court in Fresno closed the case. But, Bressler, who is semi-retired, decided to stay with the District. After all these years, he said, AHD can finally resume providing health care services to the people living inside its boundaries. The possibility seems to excite him.

“There are a lot of things that happen,” Bressler said. “They (AHD’s board of directors) can benefit the people who are paying for the service, and there’ll be no increase in taxes.”

The first thing the board decided to do was buy the Dinuba Fire Department a $180,000 ambulance.

“I agreed to work with this board for the Alta Hospital District because of the things they’re doing, like working with the fire department to get an ambulance,” Bressler said. “With all the wear and tear, they just couldn’t afford it. This is a great benefit to the people in the district.”

Bressler described Fire Chief Chad Thompson’s reaction to the board’s decision this way – “He was like a little kid with a new toy.” He wasn’t far off.

“We were ecstatic,” Thompson said of his department’s reaction to the donation. But, the city’s emergency personnel aren’t quite ready to start playing. “I haven’t even ordered it.”

And, he cannot, not until the District transfers the funds. AHD and the city signed a donation agreement December 10. Once the money comes in, delivery of the new ambulance will take about 90 days, Thompson said. Then they can start to play, after one last slight delay.

“Adding decals will take about a week,” Thompson said.

Ambulances Wear Down Quickly

The new vehicle is more than a toy, of course. It is a valuable addition to the city’s fleet of ambulances, which spend a lot more time on the road since Alta District Hospital shut its doors. Patients are now sent far out of town, to Reedley, Visalia and Fresno.

“Our ambulances, they wear down quickly,” said Thompson. “We put quite a bit of miles on our three ambulances each year. We try to replace ambulances after five years of service. We’re not always able to do that.”

That schedule of rotation means the city, which provides ambulance service to almost the entire AHD, is always saving for a new vehicle to replace one at or past its retirement date. Now, the funds it was about to spend can be rerouted.

“With this donation of the ambulance, it freed up money we were saving to buy a new ambulance,” Thompson said. “All that money is going to new gurneys, heart monitors, defibrillators, CPR machines. Those are big-dollar items.”

AHD Donations to Continue

The Dinuba Fire Department and other organizations that provide care to residents in the AHD, which includes unincorporated communities like Yettem, Cutler-Orosi, Sultana and Stone Corral, can expect to see more donations in the future, especially now that solvency has increased interest in serving on AHD’s board.

“Before they (the District’s creditors) got paid in full, it was hard to get people to work on the board,” Bressler said. “Now that they’re deciding what to do with the money, it’s wonderful.”

The AHD’s board members include Chairperson Yvette Botello, Paulie Romero, Javier Quevedo, Martha Swain and Irene Atilano. Together, they will be deciding what to do with the District’s income now that it has no expenses other than office costs and salaries for Bressler and the District’s clerk. For the 2014-15 tax year, the District took in more than $380,000. They can expect similar income in the future, and their job now is deciding how it can best benefit the community.

“We have one or two ideas to help people in our district, not just a little group,” said Botello. “It’s going to be quite a challenge, actually.”

Ideas Needed for Future Gifts

The board is looking for more ideas and wants citizen input. They have designed a survey for health-care providers and have been visiting doctors’ offices. They’re also accepting input directly from the public, which can mail them at P.O. Box 410, Orosi, 93647. In the meantime, they’ve got no firm plans yet, Botello said.

“There’s a lot of things. Because it’s so new, we have to look at people turning these surveys in,” she said. “I think we have a good board on hand. They’re diverse.”

Buying an ambulance has emptied the District’s coffers for now, so it will be a few months before they receive another disbursement from the Franchise Tax Board, but in the meantime the board will continue to meet, with its next session scheduled for 11:30am on Thursday January 14 at the Dinuba Library, 150 S. I St., when they will be discussing their budget for the upcoming year.

They will also be keeping up the search for new ideas.

“We’re supposed to walk the streets, talking to the constituents and seeing what they need,” Botello said. “Find out what they think is important.”

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The market’s grand opening, along with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, will take place from 5-9pm on Friday, June 20, at 289 South L Street in Downtown Dinuba. The market will take place on Fridays and will run for six weeks, with the exception of Thursday, July 3, to honor the 4th of July.

The Dinuba Certified Farmers’ Market has been a collaborative effort to provide locally grown produce and increase the awareness of chronic diseases associated with obesity.

The market provides fresh affordable produce to the community, and provides local farmers an outlet to sell their produce. It also gives healthcare experts the opportunity to educate shoppers on nutrition, obesity and diabetes. Making healthy food choices and changes is critical in fighting signs of obesity and preventing diabetes in Tulare County.

Every year, the City of Dinuba hosts “Summer Night Lights,” an event where families gather to enjoy musical entertainment, food, and much more! This year, the city will present the Dinuba Certified Farmers’ Market. The market will complement the event in hopes of attracting more families to support the market for years to come.

This event is part of the Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency’s Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention efforts.

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“Can you imagine visiting a museum in another state without traveling? What about bringing in unique educational tools that not only teach but grab the attention of students? This is what the Ruiz 4 Kids Teacher Grants has made possible for Valley schools,” said Kim Ruiz Beck, president of Ruiz 4 Kids and chairman of Ruiz Food Products, Inc.

“Today’s teachers continuously face the daily struggle of providing a quality education with minimal supplies. For many of these teachers, their dreams of classroom projects go beyond white boards and writing materials. It is our goal to help as many as we can go beyond their classroom walls. ”

The grant is open to teachers in grades K-12 serving schools in Dinuba, Orosi, Orange Cove, Reedley, Traver and Parlier. Grant awards range from $300 to $1,000. For additional information on grant criteria and how to apply, visit www.ruiz4kids.org and click on the Teacher Grant link.

Ruiz 4 Kids, a non-profit organization formed in conjunction with Ruiz Foods, was founded in 1990 when Ruiz Team members approached Fred Ruiz asking him to help them explore ways to assist families with children in need. Since then, Ruiz 4 Kids has organized two annual fundraising events – a golf invitational to raise money for scholarships and a fiesta event to raise money for area non-profits that are in need to grow their children-focused programs.

Ruiz Foods is a privately owned corporation with corporate offices in Dinuba, dedicated to quality, authentically prepared frozen foods selling to all channels of distribution: retail, convenience store, clubs, vending, industrial and foodservice. The El Monterey brand is the market leader within the frozen Mexican food category and the No. 1 brand of frozen Mexican food in the U.S., The Tornados brand, introduced just nine years ago, has revolutionized the use of the roller grill in convenience stores.

Ruiz Foods employs over 2,300 Team Members in three facilities located in the United States. For more information regarding Ruiz Foods, visit www.ElMonterey.com.

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