Angie Hellstern: Colorado 500 - Manufacturing

Plant Manager, Ready Foods, Inc.

ColoradoBiz Staff //April 21, 2026//

Plant Manager, Ready Foods, Inc.

ColoradoBiz Staff //April 21, 2026//

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Angie Hellstern serves as Plant Manager at Ready Foods, Inc., a Colorado-based, family-owned foodservice manufacturer founded in 1972. An accomplished manufacturing manager, she leads technical teams with expertise in quality, yield, output, and cost improvement. Hellstern brings a track record of successful continuous improvement programs that develop quality culture throughout an organization, consistently meeting project scheduling, budgets, and resourcing while exceeding customer expectations. She coordinates and collaborates across facilities to identify and drive strategic and tactical metrics. Ready Foods, founded by immigrant Luis Abarca, has grown from a single kitchen on Colfax Avenue to a multi-facility production operation serving foodservice operators across the region.

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