Mexilink
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Mexilink Inc. is a distributor of Mexican products headquartered in Houston, Texas. As of 2009 Salvador Escalona is the CEO.
Mexilink opened in May 1999 with an initial investment of $300,000 ($580,000 when adjusted for inflation). The first brand the company imported was Dolores. Escalona saw another advertisement from another company's branded tuna, which described that company's product as the second most popular in Mexico. The most popular, from Dolores, was not sold in the United States. Escalona traveled to the Dolores headquarters in Mazatlán and offered to have Dolores's goods sold in the United States. Dolores agreed to the deal. After Mexilink opened, Tajín, a seller of seasonings, agreed to have its products distributed by Mexilink.
Mexilink turned a profit in 2000, and it made its first one million dollars ($1.8 million when adjusted for inflation) in 2001.
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