Dining

Ruiz Foods is a real Mexican food company with a proud Mexican heritage. Our El Monterey brand is America's best-selling brand of frozen Mexican food, so we know how to make the Mexican flavors America loves to eat. And you know you can trust the flavor, consistency and safety of all our products. Our products arrive frozen without sauce. All you have to do is heat them up — they are delicious from multiple standard heating methods — then dress them as you like to make them your own. No special equipment or training is needed, and labor is minimal. All this adds up to happy customers and higher profits for you.

America loves Mexican food!

No longer just an occasional ethnic culinary treat, Mexican food has exploded in popularity throughout the United States. Look around, and you notice that venues from convenience stores to baseball parks are catering to America's seemingly insatiable appetite for Mexican food. It's a trend that only appears to be growing, as evidenced by the rapidly increasing number of limited- and full-serve Mexican restaurants that open their doors every day. Even America's biggest burger chains have Mexican items on the menu and have invested heavily in Mexican-themed franchise concepts. C-stores, dining venues, and vending operations that offer their customers delicious, well-made Mexican food will be well positioned to take advantage of the Mexican food phenomenon. And we make it easy, because we make the frozen Mexican food items America prefers and deliver them ready to sell frozen, refrigerated or to heat and serve to your customers.

A real Mexican food company:

Since 1964, The Ruiz Family has been making delicious frozen Mexican food as only a family with a Mexican heritage can. Some of the products being sold today began with Grandma Rosie Ruiz's personal recipes. Now a third generation of The Ruiz Family is leading the company with the same commitment to flavor and quality. Authentic Mexican restaurants serve our products, so you can serve them proudly, too.

Minimal labor:

Making authentic Mexican food from scratch can be time consuming and labor intensive. And getting the flavors just right takes a special ability. When you let us do the cooking for you, serving restaurant quality Mexican food to your customers is quick, easy and profitable. Our products arrive ready to simply heat and serve. Or just add a sauce and sides for a complete entrée item. With low product and labor costs for you, adding delicious Mexican food to your menu can be easy and profitable.

Quality, consistency and safety:

When you serve a product to your customers, you have to be confident in that product every time. Ruiz Foods is proud to operate modern production facilities with the highest levels of safety, producing consistent quality on which you can rely.

Multiple heating methods:

Our products are made to be delicious from multiple standard heating methods that most dining operations already use every day. For each product we list in this section, we list the product's compatible heating methods so you can quickly see which would work best in your operation. Heating methods include conventional and convection ovens, deep fryers, greaseless fryers, quick-heat ovens, impinger/conveyor ovens, microwave ovens, roller grills and even skillets and frying pans. We make products that fit your operation, rather than ask you to make your operation fit our products.

Make our products YOUR products:

We know how to make great tasting Mexican food items. You know what your customers like. So we send our delicious products without sauces, sides or toppings. In fact, most of our products are delicious on their own. But we invite you to make our products your own by dressing and siding them the way you want to present them to your customers. Often, you can use condiments or sauces you already have prepared for other menu items.

Products for every dining application:

Ruiz Foods offers a fantastic line-up of great tasting Mexican food items that require minimal labor. You are sure to find one or many that are ideal for your unique needs, from hand-held items to plated … AM to PM flavors … appetizers to entrées and even desserts!

National Distribution:

Regional managers and nationwide distribution centers allow Ruiz Foods to quickly supply product anywhere in the continental United States.