{{Short description|American spice manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = Badía Spices | logo = Badia Spices logo.png | type = Private | foundation = {{Start date and age|1967}}, in Miami, Florida | founder = José Badía | homepage = {{URL|badiaspices.com}} | area_served = Worldwide | industry = Process & Packaged Goods | location_city = Doral, Florida | products = Spices, herbs, flavorings | location_country = United States }} '''Badia Spices''' is an American manufacturer of spices and herbs that began in 1967.<ref name=Herald>{{cite news |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/biz-monday/article1976152.html |title=Step by step, Badia Spices built its empire |author=Joseph A Mann, Jr. |newspaper=Miami Herald |date=21 July 2014 |accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> The spices are manufactured in Doral, Florida, where the company was founded and maintains its headquarters.
== History == The company was started by José Badía, a Cuban exile who fled the island nation in the 1960s. Though he had a hardware business in Cuba, in the U.S. he started the spice business in a small shop in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. In 1970, José hired his son, Joseph "Pepe", to manage daily operations, and Pepe is now the majority owner and president of Badia Spices, Inc.<ref name=Herald/>
In November 2018, Gel Spice Co. was ordered to pay $564,000 to Badia Spices for trademark infringement.<ref>{{Cite news |title=How much money did jury award Badia Spices in trademark infringement case? |work=November 20, 2018 |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-badia-spices-wins-infringement-case-20181120-story.html |access-date=2023-02-09}}</ref>
Badia Spices sells over 400 products, including raw spices and herbs, blended spices, and dried chili peppers, throughout the United States and more than 70 other countries.
==See also== {{portal|Companies}} *List of food companies ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.badiaspices.com/}}
{{Commercial herbs & spices}}
Category:Food and drink companies of the United States Category:Brand name condiments Category:Companies based in Doral, Florida Category:Companies based in Miami-Dade County, Florida Category:Economy of Miami
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