Bueno Foods started out as a small neighborhood grocery store called The Ace Food Store.  In 1946, several brothers, members of a long-time, New Mexican family, had just returned from serving in World War II when they scraped together enough money to start a grocery business.  At first, the small operation was quite successful...that is until grocery store chains started infiltrating the Albuquerque market. The Baca brothers soon found out their small "mom and pop" store could not compete with these stores.

They had an idea to take chile, roast it over an open flame as the wonderful New Mexican autumn tradition dictated, and freeze it so that people could enjoy green chile year-round.

The Baca brothers were the first to flame roast green chile on a commercial scale.  There was no equipment for this kind of process so they built it.  There was no process, so they had to invent it. And so they did, more than 50 years ago.

With a hand full of products as their focus, Bueno Foods was born, founded in 1951.  So, for over half a century now, Bueno Foods has grown steadily from a small neighborhood grocery store into one of the Southwest's premier producers of New Mexican and Mexican foods, still owned and operated by the Baca family.  Consistent quality and service, customer responsiveness, innovation and hard work have resulted in Bueno's steady upward growth and success.