Two Utah food companies led by women entrepreneurs — Salsas de Mendoza and Cakes de Fleur — discover that automating their production lines allows them to make more of their product, and make it faster.
Owner Laurlee Morrison uses an automated frosting machine to spread butter cream over a chocolate cake at Cakes de Fleur in South Salt Lake on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.Being a small, independently owned producer of fine foods in Utah is no small feat.
Salsitas Mendoza owner Linnaea Mendoza fills tortilla chip bags at the Salsitas Mendoza kitchen, July 12, 2023. Salsitas Mendoza began in the kitchen of Sergio and Linnaea Mendoza in Sandy with small batch homemade salsas in 2011. Their salsas, chips, and cooking sauces can be found in over 40 grocery stores.Salsitas Mendoza, now trademarked as Salsas de Mendoza, began in 2011 as a way to supplement the Mendoza family’s income after the 2008 recession.
Salsas de Mendoza also purchased a new conveyor chip fryer, a larger grill to roast tomatoes, a compression capper that puts just enough torque on each jar, a fully automated salsa jar labeler and scrambling table, and a new drop-in freezer. Owners and employees break daily for lunch, family-style, in the kitchen of Salsitas Mendoza, July 12, 2023. Salsitas Mendoza began in the kitchen of Sergio and Linnaea Mendoza in Sandy with small batch homemade salsas in 2011. Their salsas, chips, and cooking sauces can be found in over 40 grocery stores.
“If we streamline with one size of bag, then I don’t have to buy twice the supplies anymore,” she said. “And then the pricing on the single bag is better.” “We weren’t prepared to make a commitment that we could keep up with the chips until we had this chip machine,” she said. Over the years, Cakes de Fleur has delivered everything from rustic and exquisite wedding cakes for guests at Alta Lodge, Harry Potter-themed birthday cakes, and a U.S. Marshal cake to announce a new job. They have made cake versions of Rice-Eccles Stadium, the Eiffel Tower and Adobe’s Lehi campus.
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