Season Elliott Laura Lingad Season Elliott and Laura Lingad of WiseChoice Foods LLC have been honored as 2021 Top Women in Grocery from Progressive Grocer Magazine. Elliott, president of the company, was named in the category of Senior-Level Executives. Lingad, director of operations, was in the Rising Star Category — the 15th Top Women in Grocery class, considered the most … Read More

“A Smarter Way to Pizza” Earns National Recognition within the Grocery Industry in First Year of Retail Distribution Albuquerque, N.M. – July 7, 2021 – WiseChoice Foods LLC, the manufacturer of the all-natural frozen pizza brand WisePies Pizza, announced today that two female leaders within the company have been chosen for the honor of 2021 Top Women in Grocery from … Read More

Friction between food retailers and their suppliers is adding costs across the food chain. Big buyers including Walmart Inc. and Sysco Corp. are fining suppliers over infractions like late or incomplete orders. Retailers excused such penalties for months during the pandemic when surging demand led to widespread shortages. Meanwhile, many food makers and distributors say labor shortages, supply constraints and … Read More

In thinking about popular New Mexico foods, images of green chile breakfast burritos, chile rellenos, enchiladas and sopaipillas might come to mind, but surely never pizza—until now. WiseChoice Foods LLC, an Albuquerque-based, minority-owned and female-lead company, has announced an ongoing distribution partnership with KeHE Distributors, a national leader in wholesale food distribution. The partnership, which comes on the heals of … Read More

A new partnership between WiseChoice Foods LLC and KeHE Distributors LLC will open access for the Albuquerque frozen pizza manufacturer to 261 new Albertsons and Safeway locations across the western U.S., the company announced this week. The partnership will also introduce WiseChoice Foods’s signature WisePies Pizza to consumers in Oregon and North Dakota, said Season Elliott, company president. The additional … Read More

WISECHOICE FOODS News: ALBUQUERQUE — WiseChoice Foods LLC announced the 2021 WiseInitiative Supporting Community Fundraiser with the inaugural 5K Pizza Fun Run/Walk as a virtual event to allow everyone anywhere to participate with their close family or friends in a COVID-safe way based on their own schedules. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Mexico was selected as the beneficiary for this … Read More

The Wise Pies Pizza brand has seen its fair share of growing pains. Leading them through those changes, selling the restaurant brand and creating a new national frozen food franchise called Wise Choice Foods has been Season Elliott. Elliott didn’t come from a traditional business background, nor did she ever think she’d be leading a frozen food company. She graduated … Read More

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Barrett Foundation will host a virtual fundraiser next week to help pay for things like fixing their shelter’s roof and buying new beds. “This is all needs we have but writing a grant rarely lets you use that money for brick and mortar type of situations,” said Robyn Hill, the foundation’s director of development. “So when … Read More

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On your mark, get set, relax – and have some pie! The Barrett Foundation has announced the first ever “Zero K All Fun No Run” fundraiser benefiting the Barrett House shelter set for Pi Day, or March 14. Pi Day, as we all know, celebrates Pi, the Greek symbol used to represent the mathematical constant – the … Read More