Tradition that brings Quality
Quirch Foods Co. was founded in 1967 as E&G Trading by Guillermo Quirch Sr. and his two sons, Eduardo & Guillermo Jr.
The Quirch family’s involvement in the food industry dates back to the early 20th century when Guillermo Sr. managed a meat packing and distribution company in Havana, Cuba.
Forced into exile by the revolution of 1959, the family founded a meat distribution company, Oriente Comercial, in Puerto Rico, and then E&G Trading in Miami, Florida.
The company was re-incorporated as Quirch Foods Co. in 1999, and is now managed by Guillermo Jr.’s three sons, Guillermo III, Ignacio, and Mauricio.
What began as a small family outfit with five employees has become a major wholesale distributor with 4 distribution centers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and over 400 employees.
The company’s product line has grown from a few staple meat and seafood items to thousands of different products in all of the major perishable food categories: meat, poultry, seafood, processed meats, dairy, and frozen foods.
In 2012, over forty years after the company’s founding, Hispanic Business magazine ranked Quirch Foods as the 7th largest Hispanic-owned company in the United States.
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