After 55 years as a family-run business, the iconic hot sauce brand Tapatio was sold in January to a private equity firm. The transaction marks the end of an era for a company that began as a modest operation in a small Los Angeles warehouse and grew into a staple of American kitchens, ranking as the fifth best-selling hot sauce brand in the United States. The story of Tapatio is a classic immigrant success story. The company was founded in 1971 by Jose-Luis Saavedra Sr., a native of Mexico City…
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Mexico’s imports of corn, mostly from the U.S., are on track to break their annual record potentially reaching 17.9 million metric tons by the end of the year according to experts’ estimates. This occurs amid growing demand for animal feed and despite the Mexican government’s early calls for self-sufficiency. Propelled by increased use of corn as livestock feed, Mexico’s imports of corn peaked in 2018 at 17.1 million metric tons according to estimates agricultural consulting group GCMA. More than 90 percent of Mexican imports are of U.S. genetically-modified yellow corn.…