Frequently Asked Questions

At club and grocery nationwide: Costco, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Target, BJ’s, Smart & Final, and on Instacart. Selection varies by store and region. Don’t see us at your warehouse? Ask your local Costco to carry it through Costco Warehouse Feedback. Member requests genuinely help. Looking for a specific product? Head to Our Food and click any item to see which retailers carry it, or search products.

Our club and retail lineup rotates with seasonal items and limited drops alongside a core of year-round staples. If a favorite is gone, it may be carried in another region. Check Where to Buy or ask our team.

Ask the store or your local Costco to carry it. Shopper and member requests genuinely help. For Costco, submit a request through Costco Warehouse Feedback. Tell us the item and location through Get In Touch and we’ll route it to our sales team.

We don’t sell direct-to-consumer, but you can order Don Lee Farms for delivery or pickup through the Sam’s Club, Walmart, and Instacart apps and websites.

CrispUps® is our line of air-fryer-ready handhelds (loaded taquitos, quesadillas, and more), crispy in minutes, made by Don Lee Farms.

Yes: certified-organic products since 2012, chicken raised with no antibiotics ever, plant-based and veggie options, and select items made without gluten. The package is the controlling source for any specific claim.

We take food safety seriously. Don Lee Farms maintains an allergen control program at a USDA-, FDA-, USDA Organic-, and SQF Level 2-certified facility, and our practices are reviewed in regular USDA, FDA, third-party, and customer audits. Formulations can change, so always refer to the packaging for the most accurate, up-to-date allergen and ingredient information. The package is the controlling source. See our disclaimers.

Yes: a third-generation, family-owned American food company founded in 1982. Read our story.

It goes back generations. In 1972, Larry's of Gardena, California, founded by Larry, was the first processor to build the new spun soy protein fiber into a line of pre-cooked meat products, work documented in Food Product Development in May 1972. Larry's son Donald carried that expertise forward later that decade. The family's third generation and Don Lee Farms helped shape the plant-based category with early veggie, soy, and pea-based burgers, and in the early-to-mid 2010s developed and manufactured plant-based burgers for multinational brands and emerging companies, helping build the category that became today's market. We also developed one of the first organic plant-based burgers built to match the taste and texture of beef, and still make organic, vegetable-based options today. More on our role in plant-based.

In addition to local and federal requirements, we:

• Prioritize local sourcing within 200 miles of our California and Texas facilities, including key raw materials, to cut transportation emissions and support local growers.
• Our certified-organic ingredients (organic since 2012) promote responsible on-farm resource use, healthier soil and water, and fewer synthetic inputs.
• Offer certified-organic and non-GMO options across our lineup.
• Design recipes with the sustainability of ingredients in mind.
• Recapture steam from cooking and reuse it for facility sanitation.
• Operate rigorous on-site wastewater treatment.
• Recycle corrugated cardboard across our operations.
• Completed our transition from plastic to compostable packaging for our bowl items in 2025.
• Rescue and donate edible food, contributing millions of meals through over 60 partner agencies to keep good food out of the waste stream.

Giving back is part of the business. Through annual events with the LA Rams, the City of Inglewood, and the LA Regional Food Bank, we’ve donated millions of meals over 40+ years.

Our facilities are USDA-inspected, FDA-registered, and SQF-audited for food safety.

We partner with established national retailers and leading brands on private-label and co-manufacturing. Because of the scale and volume our lines are built for, we’re generally not the right fit for emerging brands or early-stage startups. Learn more under Private Label Partnerships.

Yes: we offer operator-ready formats for foodservice. See Foodservice, K-12 Schools, and Convenience.

Use the Get In Touch form or email ask@donleefarms.com.