Tattooed Chef acquires two new manufacturing facilities targeting $1bn frozen Mexican food category Tattooed Chef has entered into agreements to acquire New Mexico Food Distributors, Inc. and Karsten Tortilla Factory, LLC (collectively referred to as “Foods of New Mexico”) for approximately $35m to ramp up production of its plant-based frozen foods offerings.
Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Foods of New Mexico is a prepared food company that produces ready-to-eat Mexican food items for retail and foodservice. The acquisition of Foods of New Mexico s two facilities (totaling 118,000 square feet of combined production space) will allow Tattooed Chef to expand its tortilla manufacturing capabilities.