Latest news with #Tajín
Eater
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
These Fruity, Icy Raspados Have Kept Hollywood Cool for 17 Years
In Los Angeles's Mexican community, raspados vendors are not a monolith of shaved ice slingers who use generic syrups. Loyalty is earned by serving concentrated flavor combinations made with real fruit. All good raspados start with the jarabes (syrups) and a big block of ice. The raspado's construction — the speed with which the vendor pours chunky fruit syrup over cylinders of hand-shaved snow dressed with lechera, Tajín, or squirts of lime — all contributes to the final result. The longest line in town for these chilly cups forms at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Western Avenue, where Daniel Velázquez of Raspados El Chilango has built a cult following for more than 17 years. Velázquez grew up in Tlalpan, a borough in Mexico City known for its lush, tranquil national parks that border the State of Mexico. Soft-spoken and focused, the compact, wiry raspados vendor spends hours vigorously shaving snowy ice from a step ladder that looms over the three-foot frozen block set alongside his white cart. On his head, a wide bandana captures beads of sweat. The fruits used in Raspados El Chilango's syrups are sourced from Downtown's Seventh Street Produce Market. Customers who eye the cart are often compelled by plastic grip jars filled with colorful syrups packed to capacity with nance, guanábana, pineapple, strawberry, and coconut, among others. Raspados are $5 for a small, $6 for a medium, and $7 for a large. Velázquez's Raspados El Chilango went viral on social media in late June due to an incident that occurred outside the strip mall located at 1075 North Western Avenue. In the video, which has racked up nearly 6 million views on the Raspados El Chilango TikTok account, a security guard working in the strip mall's parking lot allegedly make threats to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Velázquez. As the contentious exchange made the social media rounds, Velázquez received support from social media followers and from regulars who queue at his cart, which is set up on the sidewalk just outside of the lot near the T-Mobile store. Raspados El Chilango in Hollywood. Bill Esparza 'I like coconut and strawberry, or coconut and walnut,' says Juan Vega, a local customer of 15 years. Raspados begin with swirls of lechera (condensed milk) inside a clear plastic cup before ice is packed in and generously covered in a syrup. A second flavor follows a hand-shaped bullet of ice heaped with overflowing fruit-laden syrup that's then crowned with chopped fruits. Finally, it's dressed through the hole at the center of the plastic dome lid with some Tajín, a squirt of lime, or a spot of El Cherito chamoy sauce if requested. A wide straw goes in to slurp up the slow-melting sludge of fruit, syrup, and ice. Spicy diablitos with a tamarind syrup and mangonadas made with mango, Tajín, and chamoy, promise contrasts of sour, spice, and salt; they're among the more beloved raspados here. Spring and summer afternoons bring out the longest lines for Velázquez, who had, until recently, been able to operate amid the sweeping ICE raids that began in late May 2025 due to a lesser presence of the enforcement agency in Hollywood. But on Tuesday, July 1, Velásquez announced on TikTok he had to temporarily shut down due to a sudden spate of ICE activity in the area — both undocumented and US citizens have been taken by the agency. 'Some women reached out to us here where we sell, and thanks to them, we were warned and we were able to escape. Stay Alert!' Velásquez wrote on his TikTok account. Raspados El Chilango has since returned to its corner, but Velásquez is taking the decision to open day by day, as are many other vendors in Los Angeles at the moment. 'I know my rights and don't cause anyone problems, so I'm not going anywhere,' Velásquez says. Raspados El Chilango is open 7 days a week from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Santa Monica Boulevard and Western Avenue. Bill Esparza A raspado getting eaten fresh. Raspados El Chilango with a line in Hollywood. Bill Esparza Eater LA All your essential food and restaurant intel delivered to you Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
North Wales Live
03-07-2025
- Business
- North Wales Live
Tortila launches summer menu with protein pots and revamped salad
Tortilla has today launched its summer menu, with all-new Protein Pots and an upgraded salad offering. The Protein Pots are available for £5. Each pot features two scoops of clean protein with a choice of Chicken Asado, smoky Beef Barbacoa, juicy Pulled Pork, or Vegan Chilli paired with two of Tortilla's signature toppings and finished with a fresh lime wedge - with up to 62g of protein per pot. Tortilla's core salad offering has also been completely revamped. The new salad base now features a blend of Cos, kale and spinach, paired with Tajín cucumber salsa, a coriander and lime mayo dressing and a new toasted seeds and grains topper. Director of Food, James Garland, said: 'As we head into summer, I'm excited to introduce the next phase of our core menu revamp. This is the perfect opportunity to build on the foundations that make Tortilla the go-to for fresh, bold, flavour-driven food, starting with our Salad category refresh and the all-new Protein Pot side offering.' Tortilla has also teamed up with Just Eat to launch a summer bundle - a fully-loaded salad, a bag of chips, and a drink, for £14.95.
Wales Online
03-07-2025
- Business
- Wales Online
Tortila launches summer menu with protein pots and revamped salad
Tortila launches summer menu with protein pots and revamped salad The pots feature four protein choices as well as toppings Tortilla has today launched its summer menu, with all-new Protein Pots and an upgraded salad offering. The Protein Pots are available for £5. Each pot features two scoops of clean protein with a choice of Chicken Asado, smoky Beef Barbacoa, juicy Pulled Pork, or Vegan Chilli paired with two of Tortilla's signature toppings and finished with a fresh lime wedge - with up to 62g of protein per pot. Tortilla's core salad offering has also been completely revamped. The new salad base now features a blend of Cos, kale and spinach, paired with Tajín cucumber salsa, a coriander and lime mayo dressing and a new toasted seeds and grains topper. Director of Food, James Garland, said: 'As we head into summer, I'm excited to introduce the next phase of our core menu revamp. This is the perfect opportunity to build on the foundations that make Tortilla the go-to for fresh, bold, flavour-driven food, starting with our Salad category refresh and the all-new Protein Pot side offering.' Article continues below Tortilla has also teamed up with Just Eat to launch a summer bundle - a fully-loaded salad, a bag of chips, and a drink, for £14.95.
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amazon Prime Day 2025 starts next week — Here are the best early deals to shop now
It's summer, and you know what that means: watermelon, popsicles, 4th of July sales and Amazon Prime Day. I recommend Tajín for the melon, Outshine bars for the heat, and the following list of early deals for your shopping cravings. This year, Amazon's big event is officially set for Tuesday, July 8, through Friday, July 11 — but in true Prime Day fashion, the discounts have already started to roll in. So if you're eager to beat the rush (and maybe avoid the panic-buying spiral at midnight on Day 2), now's the perfect time to start scooping up the savings. Yep, this is basically the Super Bowl of online shopping, so this is the time to start seriously honing that wish-list. Whether you're hunting for a shiny new gadget or just restocking your stash of kitchen towels, Prime Day — more like Prime Week, am I right? — is still one of the best times to save big. We've been covering this event since before lightning deals and livestreams were even a thing. We've seen the jaw-droppers, the letdowns and those sneaky price hikes disguised as "deals." Our job? Help you cut through the noise and avoid wasting your money. And hey, if patience isn't your strong suit, no shame — some of the best tech deals are already live. Here's what to know heading into Prime Day 2025. Related: Amazon Prime Day 2025 deals are coming in July: The best early deals to shop now and everything else we know Yahoo's Amazon Prime Day portal Before we start: Where are the AirPods? Long story short, while they're currently on sale at Amazon for less than you'd pay at the Apple Store, both the AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro are off their previous all-time low prices. We expect them to dip back down as Prime Day proper approaches, but we've removed them from this deal slate in the meantime. Prime Day 101 is pretty much the same as Shopping 101: Seek out the biggest percentage price drops before you pull the trigger. But what are those percentages based on? There's the list price, aka MSRP ("manufacturer's suggested retail price"), which is the default price set by the manufacturer — or the Amazon seller, which in many cases is not Amazon. And because those third-party sellers have complete control over the prices shown for any product, they can artificially inflate the list price in order to make the discounted price seem more substantial. Not every seller does this, of course, but it does happen. For example, there are a lot of no-brand robot vacuum cleaners available at Amazon. A common strategy there is for the seller to assign the product a very high list price, at least for a few weeks, then sell it for considerably less — making it seem like you're saving more than you are. Meanwhile, competing models are all priced around that same "sale" price, but seem less attractive by comparison. Amazon has attempted to mitigate this issue on some products by instead listing something it calls the "typical price." Per Amazon, that is "the median price paid on Amazon in the last 90 days, [excluding] prices paid by customers for the product during a limited-time deal." It's a nice idea, but it doesn't seem to preclude some third-party sellers from pulling the same inflated discount game, even on name-brand products. Take this 16-inch Dell Inspiron laptop sold by "General Hardware Story." It has a list price from that vendor of a whopping $3,400. It was listed as "71% off" during the Memorial Day sale, when it sold for closer to $1,000. Sounds great until you investigate further. That $3,400 price is an illusion: A pair of on-screen offers — 50% off at checkout, 20% coupon — knocked it down to $1,020 just a day after the Memorial Day sale ended, meaning that supposed giant holiday discount was a mere $20! A little common sense is applicable here: If you're seeing something advertised as 70%, 80% or even 90% off, chances are good it was never really selling for that higher price to begin with. And if it was, it definitely wasn't worth it. So, given that the posted discounts don't always line up with reality, how can you determine if a deal is really worth buying? That brings us to tip #2. Knowledge is power, and there's no better knowledge you can have during Prime Day than a product's complete price history. Thankfully, a couple of free tools let you pull back the curtain and see exactly that. Why is this so important? Two reasons. First, as discussed above, you can see if that deal is really a deal or if the discounted price is the "always" price. Second, you can eliminate that sense of urgency from your shopping, because if a product has been discounted like this before, chances are good it will be again. The tools I recommend for this: CamelCamelCamel (so named for the animal's humps, which go up and down — just like prices) and Keepa. Both will show you detailed price-history charts, including the lowest and highest prices on record. Now, the caveat here is that these price trackers will capture the same dramatic price fluctuations based on those sometimes-inflated list prices noted above. But for products with more honest price fluctuations, you can still save by waiting just a few days for the discount cycle to repeat. A great example: Amazon-branded products like the Kindle, Fire TV Stick and Echo Show. Checking their price histories, I know that they go on sale with almost clockwork regularity (typically once per month). Granted, Prime Day may yield some of the year's lowest prices on those products, but often by only $5 or $10. If this isn't the best time for you to make a purchase, you can always wait for the next discount. To use these tools, you can either search for a product (or copy/paste an Amazon product link) on their respective sites, or install their desktop browser extensions, which make searches much faster and easier. Prefer to shop on your phone? Keepa has mobile apps for Android and iOS. If there's a product you've been eyeballing but don't want to have to keep checking to see if it's on sale, there's an easy, automated solution: Create a price-drop alert so you'll get notified if and when that product hits your desired amount. CamelCamelCamel and Keepa both offer this feature, a great secondary benefit to using them. Here's an example of what that looks like in the former, with Apple AirPods Pro 2 as my desired deal: Obviously, this needn't be limited to Prime Day; I use price-drop alerts all the time. As long as you're not in a rush to buy whatever it is, this is the way to make sure you get exactly the discount you want. This may come as a shock, but there are other stores out there. Best Buy, Target, Walmart and other retailers often run competing sale events during Prime Day, matching and sometimes even beating Amazon's prices. Indeed, I think we're all a little hard-wired to believe that Amazon always has the best deals, but that's not always the case. Before you pull the trigger, especially on a large purchase, it's worth taking a minute or two to do some price-comparison shopping. And if I can hop onto my little soapbox for a moment, don't forget to check out local stores as well. Especially bookstores, which can offer a browsing experience and customer service unmatched by Amazon. Some even have loyalty programs or other discounts that might get you close to Amazon pricing. I'd be remiss if I didn't note that Yahoo will be monitoring and sharing all the best Prime Day deals in all the different categories: home, health, kitchen, tech and more. We have teams of experts (I mean it, literal experts!) scouring Amazon for the latest and greatest buys. So if you haven't already, bookmark Yahoo Shopping and Yahoo Tech as your jumping-off points for Prime Day 2025. Speaking of tech, this is a good time to mention that Prime Day usually yields some of the year's lowest prices on Amazon-branded devices: Kindle e-readers, Fire TVs and tablets, Echo smart speakers and screens, Ring doorbells and so on. If any of those are on your shopping list, it's a good idea to press pause until July. The dates are now official: Amazon Prime Day 2025 runs from July 8 through July 11. My crystal ball is in storage, but it's a good bet this Prime Day might look a bit different from past ones. According to a 2024 AltIndex report, roughly 70% of all goods sold by Amazon come from China — and China is now subject to new tariffs. While things could change between now and July, it seems likely that prices will be higher on many, if not most, of these goods. As stated above, some of Prime Day's biggest discounts tend to be on Amazon-branded products. If Amazon is now paying more to import these devices, will the discounts be less than in previous years? We'll have to wait and see. Expect Prime Day to end at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Friday, July 11. That's 2:59 a.m. ET on Saturday, July 12. Update June 20, 2025: We updated the story to confirm the pricing of the early Prime Day deals. Update June 17, 2025: We updated the story with the confirmed Prime Day dates, and a first set of early deals. Update May 27, 2025: We expanded the List Price tip to include a second example, and provide more context on how Amazon's "typical price" listing works.
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fresh Gourmet and Tajín® Clasico Chile Lime Seasoning are Bringing Bold Flavors to Salad Season with a Craveable and Convenient Lineup of Croutons, Pepitas & Masa Strips
The Salad Compliment Collaboration Takes the Iconic Chile Lime Seasoning Beyond Fruits, Vegetables & Sweet Treats, into a Savory New World of Summer Salads, Soups & Bowls Vibrant packaging with strong flavor cues drives purchases of Fresh Gourmet toppings A signature, tangy crunch that inspires signature Summer Salad, Soup & Bowl ideas. Fresh Gourmet remains committed to produce department merchandising that inspires fresh produce consumption. VILLA RICA, Ga., June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fresh Gourmet, the go-to brand for chef-inspiring croutons and salad toppings, has partnered with Tajín®, the top-selling chile lime seasoning, to craft an irresistible lineup of ready-made Chile Lime Croutons, Pepitas, and Masa Strips that are hitting store shelves just in time for salad season. Combining Tajín's signature tangy kick with a bold and satisfying crunch, the new salad, soup, and bowl complements offer consumers convenient and inspiring ways to spice up savory, veggie-based dishes and recipes - a flavor territory that's distinctly different from the sweet treats and fruits that the popular seasoning is renowned for. Whether it's the Chile Lime Pepitas bringing a nutty zing to a grilled corn salad, or the Masa Strips spicing things up atop a bowl of tortilla soup, the new products are poised to fire the imaginations of a wide range of produce-aisle shoppers - particularly the younger, multicultural consumers whose hunger for sweet-sour-spicy flavor mashups has driven rising category demand in recent years. 'Fresh Gourmet is thrilled to pair up its best-selling salad toppings with the authentic flavor and broad, iconic appeal of Tajín,' says Senior Marketing Manager, Samantha McCaul. 'The seemingly countless usage occasions consumers have found for it in the world of fruits, vegetables, and sweets are inspiring, especially as we think about opportunities for meals and snacks on the savory side. The craveability factor here is going to be off the charts.' 'At Tajín, we're always excited to explore new ways for our fans to get inspired and experience the unique flavor of our signature blend,' said Haydee Fernández, Director of Alliances at Tajín USA. 'Partnering with Fresh Gourmet allows us to bring Tajín's distinctive chile lime taste into a whole new space — adding a bold and tangy kick to salads, soups, and bowls, and delivering authentic craveable in an entirely new way.' Having already garnered sell-in at some of the top national retailers, the Chile Lime Croutons (4oz), Chile Lime Pepitas (3.25oz) and Chile Lime Masa Strips (3.5oz), represent yet another appealing addition to Fresh Gourmet Co's well-stocked produce-aisle portfolio of croutons, dried fruit & nut blends, tortilla and wonton strips, crispy vegetables, and more. The new products are available in open stock cases, as well as high-impact shippers. When placed adjacent to fresh salad mixes, the vibrant displays not only inspire craveable meals but drive bigger produce baskets, as well. To learn more or request samples, please email info@ or visit About Fresh Gourmet CompanyFresh Gourmet Company is a trusted partner for packaged produce complements that inspire fresh produce consumption through innovative products, quality ingredients, and practical merchandising solutions. The company's portfolio features consumer favorites such as Fresh Gourmet croutons and salad toppings, Concord Foods guacamole mixes and seasonings, Italia Garden squeeze citrus, and Simply Concord caramels and sauces. Fresh Gourmet Company manufactures and distributes its products nationwide, serving major, regional, and e-commerce retail channels. For more information visit About TajínIndustrias Tajín® is a market leader in both Mexico and the United States in chile products, in addition to being one of the most important brands in producing and commercializing products derived from chile worldwide. Today, it has a presence in more than 65 countries around the world. Tajín was founded in 1985, surprising consumers with the perfect blend of mild chile peppers, lime, and sea salt. In 1993, Tajín made its first export to the United States, and Tajín International Corporation was established in Houston, TX, from where all commercial activity of the brand in the U.S. is managed. The brand arrived in Central American and European markets in 2006. For more information visit Media ContactJoshua Levittjosh@ Photos accompanying this announcement are available at in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
