M’Panadas is on a mission to bring healthier, convenient Latin food to everyone. You can find their M’panadas at the new Whole Foods Market store in Tysons corner.  

M’Panadas rolled out with national distributor, Sysco, adding to an impressive collection of grocers including Whole Foods Market and MOM’s Organic Market. They opened their own facility to support the rollouts with an eye for national expansion. 

It’s a classic business…

The former doctoral-level scientist, middle school teacher and real estate agent instead turned to entrepreneurship in 2017 because she wanted to retain some community in the region. At the time, the mother of three was helping a family friend from Colombia remain in the US on a business visa.

“We started with, ‘Well, we’re going do modern Latin American catering out of my kitchen at home, and there’s a business, and you’ll be the c…

What's causing this explosion? Let's rewind. Tell us about this journey. How did you wound up here? Why you started the business? Let's talk about that stuff first.

We rewind all the way. I'm originally Colombian. I've been in the US now for over half my life. I came first because my family had been threatened by FARC, one of the main guerilla groups. I had to flee my country and completely change my life plans. I was lucky to be ab…

MBA Program: Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business

Industry: Food

Founding Student Names: Maria Margarita Womack (EMBA’19)

Brief Description of Solution: Poor diet is an epidemic in the United States: Two-thirds of adults are obese and poor diet is estimated to be a contributing factor in 20 percent of early deaths according to the CDC. We often attribute this solely to a lack of access to quality foods. In reality, time…

MasPanadas is readying to move into larger digs that will position it to triple the amount of frozen empanadas it produces at its Rockville headquarters.

The company, which does business as Latin Goodness Foods LLC, recently took delivery of another 12,000 square feet at 601 Dover Road, adjacent to its 6,000-square-foot facility on Southlawn Lane, and is awaiting permits from the city of Rockville to begin building out the space.

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The company launched out of Union Kitchen in 2017 aims to triple production of its frozen empanadas.