Tips for Dining, Eating, and Food Shopping in the Greater Los Angeles Area (including Orange & Ventura Counties and SW San Bernardino County)
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We are having a lot of out of town guests for our wedding in LA, and i'd like to put chips and salsa in their welcome bags.
Does anyone know somewhere I could get packaged chips and salsa in bulk? I would like a CA-based brand, something true to CA. I do not want to DIY it and put chips in small bags and salsa in jars. Will not happen, time-wise available.
Please let me know your thoughts!!
Thanks!
Erin
By ekphrastic
on Jul 12, 2011 06:26 PM
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Trader Joe's? Their regular salsa is very good and inexpensive -- just over a buck a jar. They also have a variety of special flavored salsas. And lots of varieties of chips -- from plain tortilla chips all the way to vegetable chips.
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What a fun idea to have in the bag!
Trader Joe's salsas are great - and cheap - but you might want to consider talking to a manager at Ralphs and getting a supply of Homeboy Salsa and chips. Completely local and fab story behind it.
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For the chips, Have'A Corn chips! They sell 4 oz bags for about $1.29 in stores. They're made in Laguna Beach and their signature is there is soy sauce on them. Here's a link to a thread:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/497174
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seconded
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Do they still carry these at whole foods in LA? Thanks!!:)
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Gelson's too. I think.
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Not sure about LA, but definitely OC. Also I've seen them at Mother's Market and Henry's.
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Mother's Market
10928 Valley Mall, El Monte, CA 91731
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Homeboy Industries chips & salsa are local products *and* benefit a good cause:
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/17/food/la-fo-homeboy-chips-20110217
perhaps if you contact the company directly you can work something out with them?
http://homeboy-industries.org/index.p...
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That would be my suggestion, too. Great cause and tasty. I called them recently about something....and they were very helpful. I'd call their offices and see what they can do. They've got a website.
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Didn't like them. Strange texture.
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Cool thanks everyone!:) I will definitely take a look at those options. More the merrier!
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