Dolores Chili Brick, simply known as Dolores Chili and dubbed “L.A.’s Favorite Chili” has been satisfying palates for over 50 years. In the past, Dolores Canning Co., the East Los Angeles-based manufacturer of Dolores Chili has sponsored the California State Chili Championship. From 2010-2011, Dolores Chili also participated at off-road racing events, 5K and 10K runs, cook-offs, church fairs and cancer walks in LA, San Bernardino and Orange counties sampling the famous chili, demonstrating recipe preparation, and handing out promotional items. During the remaining 2011 and into 2012, Dolores Chili is more aggressively hitting the streets. The calendar is filling up with more runs, walks, street fairs and various events. At each event, Dolores Chili sets up a 10 x 10 booth and samples enough chili and promotional products for a single or multiple day gig. "We enjoy getting out in our local area, to meet & greet our Dolores Chili fans and to give back to those who buy our product. We love to support events that benefit the community", said David Munoz, company President. Chili Fritos and a straight “cup of red” are two popular items sampled during events at the Dolores Chili booth. Booth visitors will receive coupons, and promo items and gear such as mouse pads, pens, key chains and T-shirts. To set up a Dolores Chili booth at your next event, please contact dave@dolorescanning.com.
Are you entertaining family and friends for this weekend’s official summer kick-off?
If so, then the grill is probably ready for firing up.
Dogs and burgers are the most popular items to throw on the grill to start the summer season, but we all know it’s the fixings and sides, which make those traditional favorites.
Dolores chicken or all beef Chili Brick® make a great side or topping on both burgers and dogs.
Prepare Chili Brick® in a pan on the stove, add water or broth to taste, and top off your burger or dog. One 20-ounce brick makes 4-6 servings.
Chili Brick (all beef) are sold at most major grocers such as Albertson’s, Food4Less, Stater Brothers, Ralphs, Cardenas or Superior in the fresh meat case near fresh poultry and ground beef. Sometimes the bricks are sold behind freezer doors as well. Smart&Final carries a larger, 5-pound tray.
The chicken brick is sold at Superior and Bristol Farms locations.
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Chili Brick® moves to No. 2 spot in LA area Meat Department Sales
Ground beef, steaks, chicken breast, lunch meat, sausage and Chili Brick®. Last fall Chili Brick® was ranked No. 3 amongst these items stocked in Southern California’s Food 4 Less fresh meat cases. READ MORE...Trends
Chili Brick® adds another chain to the list. Vons will now carry Chili Bricks® in their frozen section.
For years, Chili Brick® has been a popular item at various Southern California grocery stores. At chains such as Stater Brothers, Albertson's and Food 4 Less, the Chili Brick® is on shelves behind freezer doors or next to frozen poultry and beef in the frozen meat section. Vons is the newest edition to the list. read this .pdf ...
Chili Brick® can now be found in the frozen meat department at all 325 Vons stores across Southern California, from Central California to the Mexican Border. Although the Chili Brick® has been sold at a limited number of Vons stores for the past 25 years, shoppers have had difficulty finding the famous Chili Brick® in all Vons locations. After years of customer requests, the decision was made to carry the Chili Bricks® throughout the entire chain.
"We've enjoyed working with select Vons stores for years, but now it's in all of them across Southern California," said Dolores Chili's president, David Munoz. "Consumers throughout the southland have called and asked why they couldn't find the Chili Bricks® in their local Vons store. Now we can direct them to any Vons store location. We're excited and we look forward to working closer with Vons."
Dolores Canning Co., the manufacturer of the Chili Brick®, expects to begin sampling programs within the next week at several Vons stores. Dolores employees will present recipes and sample prepared Chili Brick®, demonstrating ways to use the versatile product.
Chili Brick®, an all-beef chili, is fully cooked and is sold frozen in the meat department. The great taste and ease of use is an alternative to traditional "canned" chili. The famous chili has been made in East Los Angeles since 1973 and is distributed throughout the West Coast. Each tray sells for $4.29 and will serve four to six people.
Chili Bricks® are also sold to restaurant owners and operators at Smart & Final and Restaurant Depot behind freezer doors, and on Costco Wholesale's on-line Business Delivery page. Distributors across Southern California and nationwide also carry the Chili Bricks on their product lists and sell to restaurants, fast food chains and hamburger and hot dog stands.
Distributors who wish to add Dolores Chili Bricks to their product list should contact Munoz at sales@dolorescanning.com.
Dolores Chili is famous at Philippe the Original in Downtown L.A where it is served in a cup with crackers on the side.
Chilidogs, chili burgers, chili fries and the famous straight bowl of chili are the most common ways Dolores Chili is served.
Dolorescanning.com also sells the chili directly to consumers at www.dolorescanning.com/catalog.
Find a nearby Vons store at https://www.vons.com/ifl/grocery/store-locator. Download .pdf
According to Ralphs and Food 4 Less grocery stores, Chili Brick® is the number three item sold in their meat department. Just behind front-runners Oscar Meyer and Farmer John, the all beef, 20-ounce Chili Brick® topped the sales reports at the end of the third quarter for the LA area. "We're starting to make a hype in grocery stores. When people don't see our product, they're asking for it, and when it's there, they're buying it," said David Muñoz, Dolores Canning Co. president. The Chili Brick's® continued popularity at Ralphs and Food 4 Less has placed it alongside top selling national brand items providing excellent value for consumers. The frozen, fully cooked Chili Bricks® are sold for $4.29, and one brick can serve four to six people. The proven seller can be served in a bowl, topped on a dog, nachos or burger, paired with any main dish, or in various recipes calling for chili. It is raved about on blogs, recipes, and Facebook and Twitter posts. Some fans, friends and followers say the chili is the base of their homemade recipes. Countless fans from around the country get their "Chili fix" weekly by ordering the chili online. Dolores Canning Co., the manufacturer of the Chili Brick®, sells its product in grocery chains beyond Ralphs and Food 4 Less. Two weeks ago, the company announced the expansion of its Chili Brick to all 325 Southern California Vons stores. The brick is also sold in most Southern California grocery chains such as Albertson's & Stater Brothers, as well as countless independents. Club stores & Foodservice stores like Smart & Final and Restaurant Depot carry the larger size, 5-pound tray. Restaurants such as Philippe the Original, in Downtown LA, feature the famous chili on their menu. Distributors carry the chili and distribute to restaurant chains and independent establishments. Dolores Canning Co. is a family owned, third generation and minority owned business. The company has been making the famous Chili Brick® since 1954 at its East Los Angeles plant. The chili can be purchased direct on-line at https://dolorescanning.com/catalog/.
"Free Cup of Chili Day." Let's look at those five words, briefly. They're all really good words. "Day" is probably our favorite of the bunch, but close seconds are "Free" and "Chili," too.
"Cup" and "of"? You're not bad at all. "Of," you help us out a lot. Of course.
In short, there's nothing not to like about the Dolores Chili event going on at Philippe on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Dolores, of course -- oh, there's that "of" again -- has been here in Los Angeles and making all sorts of delicious edibles for over half a century.
And Philippe the Original? Yeah. They're famous for something. Think, think. Well, we'd say the bright pink eggs in the big jar on the counter, but everyone from here to Antarctica knows the French Dips. And that hot-hot mustard. And that the restaurant is well over a century old.
So, there are a couple of major to-knows about Free Cup of Chili Day. One, you get the free cup with the purchase of a sandwich. You'll want to buy a sandwich, anyway, right? You'll be at Philippe's.
And two, the event starts at 11 a.m. on Jan. 18, and the first 500 people will get a voucher for that free cup.
If you're a chili fanatic, and a Philippe's fan, and you'll be in the area, you'll want to join the queue early on, we imagine. Would some of that mustard be good on the chili, we wonder? Oh yeah.
By the way, two other words we love are "Chili Brick®." Read more at the Dolores site.
Update: This is a cup, not a bowl. Yum!
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Recipe for success: Dolores Canning Co. expands distribution
If the Chili Brick® is anything - it's versatile.
Just ask David Munoz, president of Los Angeles-based Dolores Canning Co. Inc., which produces the concentrated chili mix.
"Brick chili is a term, so we call ours the chili brick®," the San Gabriel Valley resident said. "It's packed into a brick shape and it's concentrated, so you have to add water. Some take the mix and put a can of beans in there, and others use it for chili fries. You have so many different uses for this, and it doesn't have any soy or fillers and preservatives." read more... | download .pdfIf the Dolores Chili Brick is anything - it's versatile.
Just ask David Munoz, president of Los Angeles-based Dolores Canning Co. Inc., which produces the concentrated chili mix.
"Brick chili is a term, so we call ours the chili brick," the San Gabriel Valley resident said. "It's packed into a brick shape and it's concentrated, so you have to add water. Some take the mix and put a can of beans in there, and others use it for chili fries. You have so many different uses for this, and it doesn't have any soy or fillers and preservatives." read more... | download .pdf