Affiliations
don Elias Food Products works to keep abreast of the changes within the food industry. Membership in the National Tortilla Industry Association (TIA) helps us achieve this goal.
The company is also certified by:
Community Involvement
don Elias Food Products recognizes the importance of involvement in our local community.
We are proud to be involved and to participate as members of the following non-profit organizations:
Honors & Awards
Elias Hernandez, founder of the company, has been honored over the years for his contributions to the community. His dedication has resulted in being recognized as:
don Elias Food Products works to keep abreast of the changes within the food industry. Membership in the National Tortilla Industry Association (TIA) helps us achieve this goal.
The company is also certified by:
- Houston Minority Business Council as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
- State of Texas as an Historically Underutilized Business (HUB)
Community Involvement
don Elias Food Products recognizes the importance of involvement in our local community.
We are proud to be involved and to participate as members of the following non-profit organizations:
- Southeast Texas Hispanic Cultural & Educational Center (SETHCEC)
- Mercado Days Golf Tournament & Latino Fest Sponsor
- Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic School
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
- City of Port Arthur (member of various citizen task forces)
- Port Arthur Independent School District (volunteer committees)
- Rotary Club of Port Arthur's Taste of Gumbo Fundraising Event
- Port Arthur Convention & Visitors Bureau (past board member)
- Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce
Honors & Awards
Elias Hernandez, founder of the company, has been honored over the years for his contributions to the community. His dedication has resulted in being recognized as:
- 2000 Henry B. Gonzalez Hispanic Leadership Award
- 2001 Small Business Person of the Year (Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce)
- 2004 Rusk Athletic Club Latin American Softball Hall of Fame Inductee
- 2008 Service to Mankind Award (Port Arthur Evening Sertoma)
- 2008 Port Arthur Citizen of the Year Finalist
- 2008 Honoree (Mexican Heritage Society)
- 2009 Honoree (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Support Group of Southeast Texas)