Renfro Foods Honored With Texas Treasure Business Award

The Texas Historical Commission (THC) recognized Renfro Foods, maker of the Mrs. Renfro’s brand of specialty salsas, sauces and other products, with the Texas Treasure Business Award, making it one of only 129 businesses in Texas that have been awarded this honor.

Created in 2005, the award recognizes well-established Texas businesses for their exceptional historical contributions to the state’s economic growth and prosperity for 50 years or more.

“This is quite an honor and privilege to be recognized with this award,” said Doug Renfro, president of Renfro Foods. “Our longevity as a company and the longevity of our employees, some of whom have been with us for more than 30 years, is a true testament to the business ethics instilled in us by my grandparents, George and Arthurine Renfro, who founded the company 74 years ago.”

“It is a privilege for us to recognize our long-established businesses that have remained committed to Texans for generations, while creating jobs and stimulating economic growth,” added Matthew F. Kreisle III, the THC’s chairman. “May this recognition serve to increase your success and productivity for many years to come.”

Renfro Foods is a second- and third-generation family business founded in 1940 in Fort Worth, Texas, as a packaged spices and pepper sauce business. It later expanded to include syrup, jellies, preserves and chow chow, and then salsa. Today, Renfro Foods is known for its line of more than 30 award-winning Mrs. Renfro’s products that are distributed through leading supermarkets, gourmet food stores and gift shops in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, England, Scotland and Spain, with new ventures in China and Australia.