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Podcast: By All Means
Episode: 119. Quebracho Empanadas Founder/CEO BeleÌn RodriÌguez
Description: Feeling homesick drove Argentinian native BelĂ©n RodrĂguez into entrepreneurship. But grit and tenacity have helped this first-generation immigrant take her grandmotherâs empanadas recipe from backyard parties to farmers markets to the frozen foods case of major grocery stores in just five years.
By the end of 2022, St. Paul-based Quebracho Empanadas expects to be in 250 stores throughout the Midwest, with plans to reach 3,000 stores nationwide within five years.
The Spanish pastry filled with savory ingredients captures the flavors of RodrĂguezâs childhood in the Argentine Pampas, adapted for modern convenience. Healthy frozen foods used to be an oxymoro...