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The exclusive, symbiotic relationship that Huy Fong Foods and Underwood Ranches developed was “highly unusual in the processing business,” Underwood says in a 2013 documentary. “But as long ...
In of its last shipments to Huy Fong, Underwood Ranches delivered 100 million pounds of peppers, according to Craig Underwood founder and owner of the Underwood farms in Ventura County.
Huy Fong Foods' relationship with Underwood Ranches ended in 2016 after Tran attempted to lure Underwood Ranches' chief operations officer to work for Chilico, a company formed by Tran that would obtain and manage the peppers used by Huy Fong Foods, and tried to drastically cut payments to the ranch. [27]
During his partnership with Tran, Underwood rented and purchased land to grow from around 400 acres to some 3,000 acres to grow enough peppers for Tran’s rocketing business, Huy Fong Foods ...
The production of sriracha sauce begins with growing the chilis. The chilis were grown on Underwood Ranch until the two companies ended their relationship in 2016. [29] David Tran, owner of Huy Fong Foods, contracted about 690 hectares (1,700 acres) of farmland that spreads from Ventura County to Kern County in California. [40]
In 2022, Huy Fong Foods Sriracha sauce temporarily halted production due to a shortage of chili peppers arising from a business dispute with Underwood Ranches, which claims Huy Fong foods misled Underwood Ranches to invest in its expansion, and then breached its oral contract to purchase at their originally agreed upon price point.
The breakup of Huy Fong Foods and Underwood Ranches, stemming from a disagreement over payment that erupted in November 2016, led to shortages of Huy Fong’s “rooster sauce,” and left ...
As of Mid-April 2007, Huy Fong announced publicly that the company is temporarily out-of-stock on ALL products and NOT taking any orders due to the shortage of chili peppers. Few local distributors, knowing that the company is still open for business even though they claimed they have stopped production, find this story very hard to swallow.