We are beyond excited to share that we are now available at our first large retailer in Texas Central Market !! This whole process started when our founders Maria Covarrubias 🌶️ and Felipe Cross met with the incredible grocery buyer at H-E-B Lora Gonzalez Eckerle !! It was during a “speed-dating” meeting at the Natural Products Expo WEST in the Startup CPG dedicated section! What an experience! Thank you to both teams dedicated to build this platforms for small and growing businesses have a shot with major retailers! Special thank you to Robin Burgin 💝 Daniel Scharff Patricia Menegoto for helping us to build this dream! 💭 #cienchiles #smallbusiness #latinaowned #cpg #startupcpg #cpgindustry #femalefounder #hotsauce
Cien Chiles
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
San Diego, CA 498 followers
Turning meals into memories!
About us
Authentic Mexican Hot Sauces made with fresh ingredients, zero sugar and no funky business!
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http://cienchiles.com
External link for Cien Chiles
- Industry
- Food and Beverage Manufacturing
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- San Diego, CA
- Type
- Partnership
- Specialties
- Hot Sauce, Honest Fixins, Jalapeno, Habanero, Thai Bird, Mustard, Sustainable, Natural, Gluten Free, Healthy, Community, People, and Quality
Locations
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San Diego, CA 92109, US
Employees at Cien Chiles
Updates
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One week away!!!
🚨CALLING ALL FOODIES!!🚨 Get ready to ignite your tastebuds and celebrate the fiery flavors of Cien Chiles with an amazing partnership with Kove !! Join us for a delightful evening of culinary adventure at Kove in San Diego on Saturday, May 4th. This exclusive dinner will showcase the magic of Cien Chiles’ hot sauces and their unique pickled mustard, all woven into a delectable 6 course small-plate experience. Prepare to be dazzled, delighted, and deliciously drenched in flavor! Each course paired to perfection with a Kove hard seltzer (more of a Sparkling cocktail) 🍹 Grab your tickets before they’re GONE! https://lnkd.in/gV_N_BF7 Christopher R. Clark, MBA Alex Montelbano Felipe Cross . #sandiego #local #foodie #experience #hotsauce #cincodemayo #food #cheflife #chef #balance #smallbusiness #sandiego #brewery #cienchiles #community #events
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We gained BIG one year ago having our founder coming in FULLTIME! People don’t realize how many founders need to keep their corporate jobs to stay alive or stay afloat! Growth takes A LOT of patience, money and strategy. We celebrate our founder Maria Covarrubias 🌶️ for making the leap to dedicate her time entirely to harbdream. All the props to our co-founder Felipe Cross for keeping the business strong for those two years mostly by himself! GO TEAM! 👏🏼 Forever grateful for all of you for being here!
Familia ONE year ago… I finally took the leap and left my corporate family behind to go full throttle on my dream, Cien Chiles 🌶️ It was a bittersweet day, all the memories, all my people, my team, my boss, all the learnings and struggles. I became a better professional and learned so much at Chosen Foods I will forever cherish my Six and a half years there. Watching the company grow and develop to what it is today! OH WHAT A YEAR IT’S BEEN!! Won runner up at Naturally San Diego, gained 2 new DCs at UNFI, grew 35% as a company, top 5 finalist Natural Products Expo West pitch slam! So many other wins AND challenges!! Thank you so much to every single one of you for riding along and supporting this big dream I have. Bringing unique and flavorful experiences into your home! Forever grateful for my experiences and SO EXCITED for what is ahead of us! #cpg #founder #latinafounder #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #cheflife #chef #hotsauce #cienchiles #unfi #workhard #chosenfoods #wholefoods #happy
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Hola familia! Today is a special day. Not only because we had a solar eclipse and ALSO because we are (drum roll please) 🥁 WE ARE OPENING A NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN THE BAY AREA! UNFI This is HUGE for our growing business. Our promise to be close and closer to you is an ongoing commitment! Thank you for coming back every time to get your Cien Chiles fix! We love and appreciate every single member of our #flavortribe . #eclipse #growth #community #commitment #happy #bignews #cienchiles #workhard #smallbusiness #sandiego #sandiegocompany #smallwins
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Thoughts??
Happy Monday FAMILIA! For many of us, Mondays can be challenging as we transition from the weekend to a new workweek. However, for our colleague, they have grown to love Mondays as an opportunity to start fresh. Nowadays I really enjoy Mondays because it is a new opportunity to start new things, bring my daughter to school and grow this (Cien Chiles 🌶️ ) business of ours. This is a great reminder that a positive mindset can make all the difference in how we approach the day. Let's take on this new week with enthusiasm and a willingness to tackle whatever challenges come our way. Wishing you all a productive, HAPPY and fulfilling week ahead!
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We are excited for the future and making a difference in the CPG world!
WHAT A WEEK! Many people: “Where’s your booth?” Natural Products Expo West 2024!! Unforgettable experience, we pitched Cien Chiles 🌶️ and made it to the top 5 out of hundreds of other great companies who applied! Incredible feedback and this is me sharpening my skills for next time! 💪🏼 (I was excited to get a booth for next year) Building a more meaningful connections with people that can make a difference in our journey was the MOST important takeaway for me! Working the booth for so many years with Chosen Foods made me savor this moment so much. Knowing the ins and outs of where to park, where to stay, how long it takes to walk from one place to the next! If you’re still reading, thank you! I came home extremely happy to be able to present my products to Lora Gonzalez Eckerle and connect with and meet in the flesh with Patrick Wyman Darcy Landis Kelly Landrieu Monika Coyle Jay Shetty TOGETHER we go FURTHER! This is a patient journey with lots of downs and camazing ups!! I will keep grinding, showing up, doing demos, signing bottles and making waves! Life is SHORT! Opportunities are like waves, you have to be ready to surf! Happy last day at expo west! Special shoutout to my support team Felipe Cross Robin Burgin Keri Kaplan Kenna Garber amazing job on putting the pitch slam together!! #expowest2024 #expowest #cienchiles #togetherfurther #community #cpgindustry #femalefounders
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FAMILIA!!!! I'll be PITCHING Cien Chiles at Natural Products Expo West 2024 this year! Save the date 3/12 at 5:00pm to join us at the NPEW annual pitch slam!! Unearth your next big seller at the largest collection of emerging and pioneering natural & organic brands. Experience the breakthroughs shaping the industry with top-tier education. The chase ends at Expo West. Learn more and get registered here: https://lnkd.in/gCXkyw5j Thank you New Hope Network for creating the space for Small companies like ours have the space to tell our story and build connections! Vámonos Felipe Cross !! Register now to take advantage of advanced pricing 💸 #expowest #empoweryourfuture #naturalproducts #toptier #breakthrough #groceryretail
Natural Products Expo West 2024
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Sooo this happened this week and we are beyond grateful for our passionate founders! Breaking a leg to bring our sauces closer to you! Rewarding experience for a business of our size!! Stay tuned! #flavortribe
We participated on our very first tabletop with UNFI in our not-so-sunny beautiful San Diego!! What a show!!! Making connections, creating new leads, opening new distribution, this are all dreams come true for a small business like ours! Cien Chiles 🌶️ captivated a lot more palates with balance, flavor and spice! It had people coming back for seconds! Incredibly inspired and delighted to make new friends in the industry that know the struggle and share the same passion to get out in the world and grow our tribe followers! Together, further my friends!! Jana Goodbaum Felipe Cross Allec Seller Becca Millstein Fishwife Janet Flores Pavlovich COYOTAS #femalefounder #cpg #unfi #localbusiness #growth #lfg #cienchiles #hotsauce #togetherfurther #mealsintomemories #community
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Rain or SHINE! We will always show up to our community, specially when it’s the biggest holiday of the year, National Hot Sauce Day!! We celebrated last week with the help of our local friends at iHeartMedia with San Diego Sports 760. Rich Ohrnberger, Travis Dale and Fletch eating breakfast burritos early in the morning and comparing Cien Chiles sauces to the teams on the National Football League (NFL) Playoffs! After that we drove over to FOX 5 San Diego (KSWB-TV) to show case different ways to use our sauces and get ready for supper bowl! Check it out, in case you missed it! https://lnkd.in/ggFRrTtA #cienchiles #sandiego #femalefounder #hotsauce #cpgbrands #cpg #naturallynetwork #media #positivity Thank you for working with me to make this dream a reality! Maria Covarrubias Felipe Cross Robin Burgin
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