A Tribute To Fathers - June 20, 2010 - Segment Five

Caller George Martinez, Vice President of Tampico Spice, discusses his company’s history as a family owned and operated business. Tampico Spice was founded in Los Angeles in 1947 by Jesus Martinez, George’s father. Jesus initially started selling his spices to mom-and-pop markets, before moving on later to supermarkets. After that, the company progressed to dealing with industrial businesses, selling food processors that add the spices to their products, and more recently, they’ve started selling to food service distributors, who then sell to restaurants. For George, it was natural for him to follow in his father’s footsteps, since they are an Hispanic family and it’s often tradition that the eldest son follows in the father’s path. George realized that at a young age and prepared himself to do so, and George’s son came into the business voluntarily in 2008 after studying business administration like his father.

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