Beloved Los Angeles-based La Monarca Bakery Expands its line of Mexican Cookies & Beverages into Northgate Markets

La Monarca Bakery, a beloved Mexican food brand known for authentic Mexican pan dulce, cookies, and coffees, announces a major retail expansion with Northgate, marking substantial growth in the distribution and accessibility of the company’s CPG products.

“It has always been our vision to share the sweet flavor of Mexico with the next generation of Latino and mainstream consumers, ” co-founder & CEO Ricardo Cervantes notes. “Northgate Market is a leader in authentic Mexican products, and we are thrilled that consumers from Los Angeles to San Diego can now head to their neighborhood Northgate to find La Monarca Bakery’s sweet flavor of Mexico on store shelves.”

Products in the launch include three beverages and three cookies, and are available now in all forty-three Northgate Markets.

• Cafe de Olla Ground Coffee  - Available in a 12 oz. bag, La Monarca’s best-selling Cafe de Olla is made with freshly roasted coffee, cinnamon and brown sugar. 
• Chocolate Mexicano Beverage Mix - Available in a 10 oz. bag, La Monarca’s Chocolate is made from fair trade cacao ground in-house with a custom blend of sugar and species.
• Champurrado Atole Beverage Mix - Available in a 10 oz bag, La Monarca’s Champurrado is the modern version of the quintessential Mexican holiday beverage.
• Wedding Cookies - Available in a 6 oz bag, La Monarca’s signature Wedding Cookies are made with butter and pecans, and dusted with powdered sugar.
• Orejitas - Available in a 3.4 oz bag, La Monarca’s Orejitas are flaky and crunchy mini palmiers.
• Cinnamon Cookies - Available in a 6 oz bag, La Monarca’s Cinnamon shortbread cookies are dusted with a light cinnamon and sugar blend.

La Monarca Bakery donates 1% of its packaged product sales to protect and preserve the monarch butterfly, supporting their non-profit partner ECOLIFE Conservation whose programs protect wildlife, natural resources, and the people who depend on them. La Monarca Bakery was recently certified as a 1% For The Planet member company.

La Monarca Bakery is known for updating authentic Mexican recipes for today’s consumers, using high quality simple ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. Since opening its first location in Huntington Park in 2006, La Monarca Bakery has expanded to 12 bakery-cafes in Los Angeles and sells its line of packaged cookies, coffees and beverage mixes online and with both national and regional retailers. Today, the brand is available in more than 1,000 retail locations across the U.S. 

For more information, please visit lamonarcabakery.com.

About La Monarca Bakery:

La Monarca Bakery was inspired by the pan dulce and pastries that founders Ricardo Cervantes and Alfredo Livas grew up enjoying in their hometown in Mexico. The company’s mission is to make delicious products with the Sweet Flavor of Mexico™, create opportunities in the communities they serve, and care for the environment. Their products are made with top-quality fresh ingredients, without preservatives, artificial colors or flavors. They are 1% for the Planet certified and donate 1% of the sales of packaged products to their non-profit partner ECOLIFE Conservation to protect and preserve the Monarch butterfly. La Monarca Bakery’s products can be found in 1000+ grocery stores including Costco, Albertsons, Vons, World Market, Safeway, Pavilions, Vallarta Supermarkets, Northgate Markets and Gelson’s.