Founded in the Bronx in 1978 by Jamaican immigrants Vincent and Jeanette HoSang, Caribbean Food Delights remains a privately owned, second-generation HoSang family company. Its Tappan operation has grown from those humble beginnings into a 103,000-square-foot manufacturing facility serving customers with frozen Jamaican-style patties. The company employs about 150 people and holds SQF Food Safety and Food Quality certification.
Caribbean Food DelightsFounded in the Bronx in 1978 by Jamaican immigrants Vincent and Jeanette HoSang, Caribbean Food Delights makes Jamaican-style frozen patties, including its signature beef, chicken and plant-based varieties. The privately owned, second-generation HoSang family company now operates a 103,000-square-foot Tappan facility with approximately 150 employees and capacity for more than 40,000 patties per hour. Its focus on food safety is reflected in USDA supervision, HACCP training and SQF Food Safety + Food Quality certification.TAPPAN, NY
Tower Isle's Frozen Foods LtdTower Isle's Frozen Foods Ltd makes Jamaican-style patties and other Caribbean-inspired frozen foods in its Brooklyn factory. Founded more than 50 years ago by Jamaican couple Earl and Joy Levi, the business grew from a weekend Jamaican takeout bakery using Joy's grandmother's recipe; it says it coined the term “Jamaican Style Patties” and sells through grocery and food-service channels.BROOKLYN, NY
Golden Krust Caribbean RestaurantGolden Krust Caribbean Restaurant brings Jamaican cooking and bakery traditions to restaurants and retail shelves, from its signature patties to family-recipe jerk chicken. Founded in the Bronx in 1989 by Lowell Hawthorne, his wife Lorna, four siblings and their spouses, the company grew from a pooled family venture into a North American chain with more than 125 restaurants and a South Bronx manufacturing plant. Its roots reach back to Hawthorne & Sons Bakery in Jamaica, where the founder’s parents built a family baking business beginning in 1949.ROOSEVELT, NY
Caribbean Products, LTDSince 1989, Caribbean Products, LTD has made Jamaican-style patties under its Global Delights brand, using family recipes combined with those of a professional Jamaican chef. The U.S. company produces the hand-held turnovers in a USDA-inspected facility and distributes them in the United States and internationally. Caribbean Products is woman-owned and certified as both a WBENC Women’s Business Enterprise and Woman Owned Small Business.BALTIMORE, MD