5/30/2023 0 Comments Dulces colibri![]() One day they came across the inevitable question: What would be the name of the business? Ignacio Sr. So, in early 2000’s everyone quitted their job and got to work making Mexican candy at home where instead of living room furniture, they had candy machines. Also, construction work just wasn’t his passion. He knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to become a legal resident but having been away from his family for many years, he opted for keeping the family together. ![]() being a man of faith, placed all his faith on his plans to start a candy business and declined the offer from his contractor boss. would have to work full-time with his construction boss for the next five years. to become business partners in construction and to petition him to become a legal resident. When Ignacio Sr told his Contractor boss about his plans to start a candy business, his boss told him that it wasn’t very likely that that would work and in turn offered Ignacio Sr. and Martha had faith in their products and decided to take the risk. Many people warned that starting a business wasn’t easy and that giving up their stable jobs was a risky decision, but Ignacio Sr. and Martha decided to pursue the candy business full-time as a whole family. worked m-f at a factory and weekends in construction, Silvia was a babysitter m-f and only came home on weekends, Ignacio Sr. Because life was so busy and the whole family had rarely a chance to be together since Ignacio Sr. For some time, life continued like this and Martha’s customer base kept growing. They gave her a chance and the candies were well accepted by the people. She made a small batch and offered it to local mini markets. Martha however, felt that she too needed to contribute to the family’s finances and decided to start doing what she had already done for many years to sell traditional Mexican candy. ![]() ![]() Martha in the meantime was taking care of the house chores and the kids. She would be away the whole week and come back on weekends. When the family arrived, Ignacio continued working as normal, the kids started school, Silvia started working as a babysitter for Ignacio Sr’s Contractor boss’ kids in order to help out with the family expenses. (Martha – Wife, Ignacio Jr – Son, Uriel – Son, Yazmin – Daughter and Silvia – Martha’s Sister). Toward the late 90’s Mexico’s economy wasn’t getting any better, so Ignacio decided to bring over his family to the U.S. By the mid 90’s he had met a construction contractor that liked his work style and quality and started to have more constant site jobs during the weekends and during the weekdays, he would work at a food processing factory. without speaking English, without knowing anyone and without a job offer so he started out trying his luck in front of the Home Depot as a handyman. in order to save up some money and go back to Mexico. would try his luck and migrate to the U.S. Their products were well accepted by the people but due to an unstable economy they eventually had to close down and decided that Ignacio Viramontes Sr. (husband) and Martha Viramontes (wife) started a candy company manufacturing traditional Mexican candy in Puebla. However, the events that led to this step started many years before. Today we’d like to introduce you to Ignacio, Yazmin and Uriel Viramontes.ĭulces Colibri was officially registered as a business in 2003.
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