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By Digital Sandlapper
Kraft Foods and ConAgra Foods, like most mega-consumer products companies these days, have limited use for “niche” brands. These are brands with limited by loyal following, especially when tastes change over the years.
So it is sad to report that, despite years of survival as the “red-headed stepchild” of these companies’ pantry of brands, we must say farewell to two of the quirkier ones:
Kraft discontinues Postum beverage
Postum, the original product from C.W. Post, whose cereal company would grow over most of the 20th century into the huge General Foods before eventually being swallowed by Kraft, is history. This caffeine-free “roasted grain beverage” had a devoted following, as witnessed by frantic “help, I can’t find Postum anymore!” postings online (a sure sign that a product has been unceremoniously discontinued). Postum was discontinued in 2007, but its absence was not apparent to most until they ran out again. As proof that consumers feel ownership of brands, posts online express hurt and betrayal that “no notice was given” of its impending demise. Sort of like preparing for the death of an old friend?
Ironically, Kraft has given up on the surviving Post cereals, as well. They simply couldn’t tolerate being Number 3 (after Kellogg’s and General Mills) in such a competitive category, and threw in the towel by jettisoning the venerable brand to Ralcorp. Ralcorp, in another twist, is the shell of the once-proud Ralston-Purina. The pet foods now part of Nestle, and the cereals like Chex sold to General Mills, Ralcorp held on to the still lucrative store brand cereals - sort of the “Ralston” part of the business. Now, they have Post, a still strong brand. Expect the company to assume the more well-known Post name soon.
Goodbye to Derby Tamales
ConAgra answered a consumer’s inquiry on February 13, 2009 thusly (found via a search for “Derby tamales”):
“We are . . . sorry to inform you that we no longer produce Derby® Beef Tamales. As consumers’ preferences for products change, so do the varieties of our products. Only the products with the greatest consumer appeal remain on the store shelves over time. Unfortunately, this product did not have enough consumer interest for us to continue manufacturing it.”
Derby tamales came in a jar, and I have to admit, did not seem all that appealing. But it was the namesake of a company, Derby Foods Inc., more famous for another product that continues to survive: Peter Pan peanut butter. Derby Foods was bought by Swift & Co., the famous meat packing company, then always went with whichever conglomerate bought its successor, Hunt-Wesson Foods. (Hunt-Wesson’s owner, Norton Simon, merged with Swift’s owner, Esmark, years ago, and took Derby Foods grocery lines under its name.)
That Derby tamales survived this long is probably a small miracle given today’s companies’ desire to only keep the Number 1 or Number 2 brands (MAYBE Number 3-except Kraft, see Postum above) in any given category-as long as the category is a big one.
Postum and Derby seemingly had their categories all to themselves, but with a category like “canned tamales” or “coffee substitute”, their days were numbered. With their demise, these categories disappear, too.
103 responses so far ↓
1 PEGGY FROM GUNTER TX // Mar 21, 2009 at 5:18 pm
I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY ARE GONE. I love tamales and I am going to learn how to make them. Will have to be without the lard!!!! I aways had 2 or 3 jars on shelf. Put them in a pan with yellow hominy and cheddar cheese :heat untill piping hot. Was awesome dish. My brother in Nashville, Tn can not find Griffin’s Syrup. Needless to say I am 62 years and the only syrup that sticks to the waffle and does not soak into it. Lifebuoy soap red bar of soap kept chiggers off us when we kids. Thanks for this site.
2 jeff // Mar 26, 2009 at 8:11 am
found derby tamales at pblix in hermitage tn 37076
3 dig sandy // Mar 27, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Jeff, you may want to note the expiration date on the jar. According to the manufacturer, they no longer make it, and your jar may have been among the last remaining inventory of it in your local store. Just make sure it’s safe to eat, and enjoy your last bites of Derby tamales!
4 jeff // Mar 29, 2009 at 6:58 am
will check the date they just got the derby tamales in
5 jeff // Mar 29, 2009 at 7:04 am
Griffin’s: Original Syrup, 24 fl oz
its available @ wal mart
6 Anonymous // Mar 30, 2009 at 10:24 am
I miss Derby Tamales. I have looked at all local groceries and even a cople when I was in Florida. This news is very depressing. I have tried the canned tamales and they are not very appetizing.
7 Pat // Apr 5, 2009 at 9:37 am
I am having withdrawals. How do we get a movement going to bring back the tamales??
8 anne hash // Apr 6, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I love derby tamles. My husband and I like them
for a snack at night. I also like them for lunch.
They’re quick and easy, also delicious! Please
start making them again. The ones in the can are
gross! Thanks, anne
9 jeff // Apr 6, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Derby Tamales
the date is 2010 good & fresh
10 Lynda // Apr 7, 2009 at 8:28 am
I’ve eaten Derby tamales all my life and I’m 58 years old, even have my 39 year old hooked on them. Please bring them back !!!
11 Kim // Apr 12, 2009 at 11:15 am
My whole family eats Derby Tamales. It seems that the ones that grew up on them will miss them the most! To bad all of the good things go away with time.
12 Mike // Apr 23, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Rat Bastards!
13 mike Illinois // May 8, 2009 at 7:21 pm
sad to hear this. I have enjoyed derby for many years. I have tried tamales from other places and they are always gritty.
14 Roni B. // May 11, 2009 at 10:59 am
bring back Derby tamales & get rid of the guys that voted to discontinue them…
15 Angry! // Jun 2, 2009 at 12:40 pm
The Return of the Derby Tamales would be in order!!!!!!!!!!!
Fire all those marketing dudes who think they know best? All ya’d have to do is market these wonderful treats…don’t think younger folks know about them or have tried them, but if’n they did, they’d be HOOKED FOREVER!
16 Vic Minetola // Jun 3, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Well this really blows! Now I feel so stupid combing the grocery stores of the Detroit area for Derby tamales these past 2 months. I even hit the independent operators, one(Oak Ridge Market) as recently as today with no joy. I guess I’ll only have the memories, but at least I won’t have to fight my daughter(grown woman) anymore to see who gets to slurp up the sauce!
17 Jenny // Jun 10, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I wish that I could find Tamales in a jar. My parents have one sitting on the shelf and they can not bring themselves to open it even though the expiration date has neared.
I was hoping to find them in a jar someplace for my dad. He is fighting cancer and nothing he says looks good to eat except those tamales. He loved them. I was just hoping to find some for father’s day.
If anyone in WI knows of were to get some please let me know!!!
18 Bonnie // Jun 30, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I can’t imagine what idiot decided to discontinue the tamales in the glass jar. There are plenty more on the shelves in a can, but I have tried them all and I don’t like any of them. There must be another reason besides they were not a good seller. I just don’t accept that explanation. I don’t like any other kind of tamales except Derby. Please read these comments and listen to us!
19 Ed Searing // Jun 30, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I just found out that Derby will no longer make their tamales. 60 years of eating them and I can’t remember seeing any advertising for them in the last 30 years. I have one jar left on the shelf and I will be sad when I finish them off. Corporate people just don’t get it, on how to market this food, who eats it, or where to get it. Idiots.
20 K Bonds // Jul 25, 2009 at 11:02 pm
My friend is so sad that he can not find Derby beef tamales., so i found this website. When I tell him is going to be really sad. I have looked at every store I go to in any city. I have one jar left for him that expires in Nov. Please bring them back for him and all of the other Derby lovers.
21 Ron Bray // Jul 29, 2009 at 12:54 pm
I ca’t beleive they quit making Derby tamales in the jar. I eat one jar a week sometimes two! I wish they could come back.
22 Shirley Dotson // Jul 31, 2009 at 6:57 pm
I tried making my favorite recipe,
“Tamale pie”today using a name brand in a can. We ate it but missed the flavor we used to enjoy and threw the leftovers out !!! The flavor we used to enjoy came in a jar “Derby “. Help ! Please bring back Derby tamales in a jar. I’ve been eating them since I was about 10 yrs old. I am now 74.
23 Judy // Aug 3, 2009 at 5:28 am
So this is why I hunt all over town in vain to find Derby Tamales. What IDIOTS to discontinue a great product. The canned stuff sucks.
24 Tracie // Aug 3, 2009 at 3:31 pm
If these stores would stock things a little better then maybe the derby tamales would still be there for us to buy them. I love these tamales the best , the other ones suck big time. Every time I went to buy them they were all gone. It’s hard for me to believe they did’nt sell well cause as a consumer , I bought them when they were on the shelf.
25 Gray Kemp // Aug 3, 2009 at 5:18 pm
We love the Derby Tamales. Any chance of bringing them back? We’ve tried the canned tamales but they don’t have the same taste. We’re having withdrawals. Please consider making them again. We would order by the case if we could.
26 Geri // Aug 3, 2009 at 7:04 pm
I have been looking for these tamales for over 5 months now. They just disappeared. Had I of known they were going of out business, I would have stocked up on them when I could. My husband as been nagging me for months about them. I havr checked every store around me for them. This is a sad day!!! What were they thinking????
27 mary lake // Aug 8, 2009 at 1:12 pm
The company who bought out the people who made derby tamalas needs their heads examined!!!!! All these consumers who have been looking for the tamales can’t be wrong. BRING THEM BACK !!!!!!!! They will always be our favorite.
28 mary // Aug 8, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Bring back Derby Tamales. It is the only brand we eat and enjoy.
29 mary // Aug 8, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Bring them back. We really like them!
30 taylor // Aug 10, 2009 at 3:13 am
I too have been looking everywhere for the Derby tamales in the jar. My husband, who has since passed away always loved them. I was introduced to them by him when we were dating. He continued to love them all his life. I wanted to stock up on them and eat a jar of themin memory of him
31 Linda // Aug 11, 2009 at 1:37 pm
I just found this website telling me why the Derby tamales that I’ve been longing for have vanished off the grocery shelves. I can’t believe the reason was because it was a slow marketing product, with all these fans of Derby tamales!!! I really want to be added to the list of people saying to bring them back. The hormel brand tastes like crap! Please make the Derby’s again.
32 gloria sharp // Aug 16, 2009 at 6:26 pm
i was raised on derby beef tamales i am 65 years old i order them by the case and i can’t beleive they are gone
please bring them back. if you would spin some money advertising them and put them on the self people might try them they and would like them
20 years to get texas heb to put them on the market. no luck they ordered several cases and sold them to me that was a good manager but all re not the same. maybe walmart would take them
thank you will really miss them
gloria sharp
33 pat // Aug 19, 2009 at 7:48 pm
I am sorry to find out that a favorite of our family as disapeared from the grocery shevles. Three member of our family have been seaching for theDerby tamales for serveral months only to find out that they are no more. Please bring them back. We lovedthem for a quick Sat. lunch and snack.
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35 june // Aug 24, 2009 at 4:29 pm
If another company name Postum under a different name, would you buy it?
36 Bobby Berry // Sep 7, 2009 at 3:46 pm
DERBY TAMALES - BRING THEM BACK!!!!!!!
37 Bob // Sep 8, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Bring back Derby Tamales period.
38 Judy // Sep 17, 2009 at 12:54 pm
I have looked in multiple states for Derby tamales. I am sick they can’t be bought again. They are the best! Perhaps we should try a petition to reinstate? Major mistake in my opinion to get rid of them. I wish I could buy the recipe and begin selling them again. Consumers want them and are discontinued - canned brands are awful - Derby Tamales rule!
39 Geri // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bring back Derby Tamales.
40 Joel Z // Sep 20, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Just spent two days scouring several grocery stores in the Chicago area looking for Derby Tamales — then found this site espousing the demise of the venerable brand. Moved to the Pittsburgh area 20 years ago and seeing as the Derby brand tamales could not be found in that area, I would bring several jars back with each visit to the Chicago area (and I would also arrange for my son to bring some along when he would come to visit us in Pittsburgh). I’ve savored eating these epicurean delights for at least 60 years and unfortunately only have one jar remaining in my cupboard. None of the other “canned” brands come anywhere near measure up. What a revolting development!! You can bet I’ll be diligent with boycotting ConAgra, Esmark, Wesson or whichever conglomerate is responsible for sending Derby Tamales to an untimely death. At least White Castle Hamburgers are still around.
41 Bobbie J // Sep 22, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Stupid move on both Postum and Derby! So what if only a zillion people loved and used these products for more years that I want to admit to. Bring ‘em back!
42 E C Morgan // Sep 24, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Wish I had known that I was eating the last jar. Have been searching for several weeks, my worst tamale fears are now realized. I would have taken a photo of the last jar. Little hope at this late date of finding a stockpile.
I will really, really miss these. They were easy to heat up and tasted great with melted cheddar cheese on top. When I did not know what to eat batching it, these always came through.
What a shame.
43 Bob B. // Sep 24, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Please bring back Derby Tamales. We love them and miss them
Rember Coke not making real Coke they brought that back with great success.
44 Jennie H // Sep 25, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Now I know why I couldn’t find my beloved Derby tamales. Too bad ConAgra decided to delete this great product. As others have stated, nothing else comes close to Derby Tamales. I may just quit making homemade chili as those canned things don’t deserve to be in the same bowl with my chili!
Can we start a petition to bring back Derby?
45 Connie I. // Sep 27, 2009 at 11:03 am
When I went to my local grocer to pick up a few things, I noticed they were out of my tamales. In a panic, I complained, left to try another grocer. Still no luck. By this time I was very angry. Unless a person loves Derby Tamales like I do, the will never understand. If I had known about this very bad decision to stop Derby Tamales I would have stocked up big time. Very bad choice. But no matter where I go, I keep hoping the big people, wake up and bring back DERBY TAMALES. Many, many years ago when I was just starting out on my own, I would use the glass Derby jar for drinking glasses. Now I wish I would have kept them. A very angry and disappointed Derby Tamale lover.
46 Martha F // Sep 27, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Just spent the weekend searching in vain for Derby Tamales and then I saw the bad news on your website. Seems like I have spent my life eating Derby tamales. The Hormel brand can’t hold a candle to Derby. This seems to be the way that America is going - - - downhill.
47 kathy // Sep 27, 2009 at 3:21 pm
bring them back wow cant believe they r gone
48 wstevanus // Oct 4, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Please bring back Derby Tamales.
49 Aaron // Oct 6, 2009 at 11:06 am
Derby Tamales are the best, wish I can find a place that still sells them
50 Aaron // Oct 6, 2009 at 11:09 am
The hormel brand tastes like crap!
51 Aaron // Oct 6, 2009 at 11:10 am
Please bring back Derby Tamales
52 James // Oct 7, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I have been a fan of Derby Tamales since as far back as I can remember. Even though I live in Texas and there are many great tamale places in town, I always kept a jar around so that if I had the urge but didn’t want to go out, I could open a jar of Derby Tamales and satisfy my tamale fix. Please BRING BACK DERBY TAMALES!!! They tasted better than the canned junk!!!
53 Ann // Oct 12, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Bring back the Derby Hot Tamales!
Is nothing sacred?
What’s next….
Deviled Ham and Mary Kitchen’s Roast Beef Hash?
54 Marjorie Berg // Oct 15, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I work for Jewel-Osco - no DERBY tamales.
What an awful shame - NO other brand can compare. Can not believe they were a poor seller, something is rotten in Denmark
55 matty // Oct 15, 2009 at 4:16 pm
ARE YOU KIDDING ME! DAMN COMMUNIST!
56 Monica Stu // Oct 15, 2009 at 4:56 pm
If anyone has any old postum to sell.. I will take it. I have been drinking it since i was a kid with my granddad.. I am now 33. I’ve been looking for it for the past year and wondered where it went… it is the end of an era…. my daily postum was a way of memorializing my granddad every morning….
So, seriously… if anyone knows where there is stock.. please e-mail me
57 SANDY BUTLER // Oct 16, 2009 at 10:50 am
I like the others went on a quest looking for derby tamales and not finding them. and what a shame.Hormel can not compare, I rather do without. shame on you. bring them back. there are others who agree with me.
58 sharon // Oct 18, 2009 at 12:12 pm
how can they say there wasnt enough people eating the tamales with all the complaints on here and the derby website?? They were the best tamales ever and the hormel ones in the can..well they are disgusting and I put them down the garbage disposal!! Please bring back the derby hot tamales!!! A family favorite for generations!!!!
59 Carolyn // Oct 19, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Please, please bring back the Derby Hot Tamales! I have been searching and searching and no one tells me they have been discontinued!! What can we do to have you bring them back??? No body’s brand tastes as good as the Derbys!!!!
60 Diane // Oct 20, 2009 at 11:12 am
I miss my Derby Hot Tamales!!! I want them back. PLEASE
61 suzanne // Oct 25, 2009 at 1:15 pm
If they discontinued my tamales then sell someone the recipe and let someone else produce them on line if not in stores. I’m hooked and need my fix.no others compare.I have written a cookbook with my own recipes that are made with derby tamales just for the family.please helpbring them back. thanks
62 Diane Rodriguez // Oct 25, 2009 at 11:00 pm
I”m pissed!!!!!!!! I need my DERBY TAMALES!!!!!! Damnit I looked for them for so long and now you tell me they are discontinued!!!! BLAH TO YOU!
63 Althea // Oct 27, 2009 at 9:58 am
I just found out now that Derby is no longer. I ate my last jar last week. Bring them back, PLEASE. Canned tamales are terrible, frozen ones even worse.
64 Althea // Oct 27, 2009 at 10:00 am
PLEASE bring Derby Tamales back on the shelf.
65 Bob // Oct 31, 2009 at 7:16 am
I have eaten Derby tamales all my life…at least for 55 years. My local grocer was nice enough to tell me that they no longer could get them and that I should stock up. I did. I bought 10 jars. I now have one or two left. I used the left-over jars for holding/cleaning paint brushes…opening in jar was large enough and made it easy to soak/clean brushes. Do you think the manufacturer could send us the recipe for Derby tamales…better yet, start making them again. Thanks for a wonderful snack that was good any time of the day.
Bob
66 Abbie // Nov 1, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Is there going to be anything to take the place of Postum? I cannot drink coffee so was just wondering.
67 Ryan // Nov 6, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Start producing the derby tamales again, Please!
68 Melissa // Nov 9, 2009 at 9:33 am
I knew it! I’d have found them if they still existed. I grew up with them too. My mom has been asking about them for over a year. I’m so upset. I wonder if the company would be willing to make special order batches. Maybe they could take advance orders and make a batch when they get enough money to justify it. What do you think?
69 Stephen // Nov 9, 2009 at 7:04 pm
My local Kroger couldn’t keep them stocked. I can’t believe they weren’t a good seller. Please bring them back the canned tamales do suck and smell like dog breath!
70 Bud // Nov 17, 2009 at 10:27 am
If they won’t sell Derby’s anymore then publish the recipe so those who miss them can make them.
71 Ernest Hayes // Dec 2, 2009 at 9:27 pm
I LOVE Derby tamales, I have been looking for them for over a year. last ones I found were in Indiana.
My Dad would mail them tp me in Vietnam.
I would buy them a case at q time
72 Sandy Chiles // Dec 6, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Whatever were they thinking when they took Derby Tamales off the shelves?? I love them and my husband and I have searched the grocery stores looking for them. All that is left is those canned ones - has anyone that works for your company ever been forced to eat one?? You would understand the sadness and disappointed that comes with the passing of Derby Tamales. I even tried the frozen ones - they are really bad, too. Don’t be a Grinch this Christmas - give us back our Derby Tamales…a great Christmas treat!!!
73 joel // Dec 11, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I to have been looking for derby tamales to no avail, they were never advertised but had a following. Wheather you like the canned ones or not,better grab them before they are gone. For absolutly no advertising they did well.
74 Jack D // Dec 22, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Derby Tamales has been a part of our family for many years. I can not believe they are no longer made. We even have Derby Tamale pillows from an advertizing push in the 70’s.
75 Derby lover // Dec 29, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I grew up eating Derby tamales, and have eaten them until this past summer, when my two local Dominicks stores here in Chicago stopped carrying them - or so I thought. I didn’t know until today that they were no longer made.
I find it hard to beleive that they were not a good seller - they always disappeared from the shelves, and I certainly didn’t buy THAT many jars!
I have tried some of the canned ones , and they are all disappointing except one - LaPreferida taste VERY similar to Derby. They don’t taste exactly the same, (maybe 90% similar?) but will be a good substitute until Derby comes back. Right? Right?
I also grew up eating deviled ham and Mary Kitchen Corned and Roast beef Hashes. I’ll bet they won’t be around too much longer - regional brands are so “OUT” these days, in fact, national brands may be too passe. Now the companies need international brands, and the hell with America.
76 carole // Jan 1, 2010 at 5:57 pm
I TOO HAVE BEEN SEARCHING ALL GROCERY STORES FOR DERBY TAMALES!!!! THEY WERE THE BEST!! THE ONES IN THE CAN ARE NO COMPARISON. PLEEEAAASSSEEE BRING THEM BACK! I ALSO PUT A SLICE OF AMERICAN CHEESE ON THEM, YUM. I JUST MENTIONED TO MY HUSBAND TODAY, I SURE COULD GO FOR SOME OF THOSE TAMALES IN THE JAR! NOW I FIND OUT THEY QUIT MAKING THEM. NEW RESOLUTION FOR 2010—BRING THEM BACK!!!
77 Carolyn Harper // Jan 2, 2010 at 12:49 pm
I can’t believe I I’ll never have any Derby Tamales ever again. They were the best.
78 Mad as Heck // Jan 4, 2010 at 3:52 pm
That just stinks !!!
79 Splorg // Jan 5, 2010 at 1:53 pm
BY the way, don’t click on any of the hyperlinks(words in blue) in any of these comments. They don’t give you any more info, and are just time-wasting spam.
80 sharon // Jan 5, 2010 at 5:04 pm
The manager of a grocery store in our area called Price Cutters has been looking everywhere for the Derby Tamales - he said they were his best seller in tamales. Then I found this web site and found they have been discontinued.
Like everyone else - I’m having a terrible craving for them - and yes there is nothing to compare - they were excellent. My daughter in Baltimore couldn’t find them there - so I shipped them to her. My other daughter & her child are also missing them - now - that is three of us in one family. There are enough products out there with NO TASTE - Derby did not fall into that category. Please, please, please consider making them again.
81 Carol // Jan 6, 2010 at 10:21 am
My Son and I moved to Texas three years ago and we have been searching for his favorite Derby Tamales everywhere (with no luck). We finally just figured it was something else we couldn’t get ‘west of the Mississippi’.
We went back to Illinois for Christmas this year and I went to all our favorite stores looking for them to no avail. He was soooo disappointed. My Son learned to love them very early on sitting on the knee of his Grandfather. Now his Grandfather is gone and so are the Derby’s Tamales, what a shame.
Please bring them back! This many people cannot be wrong.
82 Phyllis // Jan 10, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I have eaten Derby Hot Tamales since I can remember, about 60 years maybe a little bit less but close.
If I had known they were out of business. I would have bought a few cases. I loved the jars. I still use them all the time. I saved most.
I traveled miles to get them. Hormel is awful and they are still on the shelf. I tried them again and they are still awful.
If Derby ever comes back or there is another like them please let me know. I can cry about a product I loved for so many years.
The tamales always disappeared so fast I don’t believe they did not sell. Hormels are always on the shelves. Derbys price did go up, that may be the reason if true(I don’t beleive this)they were not selling. I bought 10 to 15 jars at a time.
Phyllis
83 Phyllis // Jan 10, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Me again. If I can’t have the original, is there a way to get the recipe to make them? Is there anyone who makes this tamale that is as good as Derbys. Is there a company that would consider making this wonderful hot tamale? Not overly seasoned but truly just right and juicy also in jars that can be used again like Derbys.
Thank you for all the information you have given us.
Phyllis
84 LaPreferida are good! // Jan 12, 2010 at 1:04 pm
I looked at the post above about Lapreferida tamales, and they are suprisingly good. They come six toa can, and are slightly smaller than the Derby. They come wrapped in the little wax wrappers, and have the bright orange grease/sauce that we all love so much! WHen you put them in the dish, you would swear you were looking at Derby tamales.
But, they are made with Beef and PORK, while the Derby were all beef, so that accounts for the taste difference. Sometimes, though, you get a part of the tamale that is mostly or all beef, and it tastes exactly like a derby.
Try LaPreferida, if you can find them, I get them at a grocery store that stocks a large number of Hispanic foods.
85 Scooby // Jan 17, 2010 at 10:15 am
so so so so sad!!!! i have been looking and looking for my favorite tamales DERBY! But no now i no why. So So SO SAD They are the best Please bring them back.
86 Big Kahuna // Jan 17, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Conagra Foods SUCK big time.
87 Gregg // Jan 17, 2010 at 5:59 pm
If they are going to quit making Derby tamales, the least the company could do is to publish the recipe on the internet!
88 MAT SELA // Jan 18, 2010 at 6:15 am
NOW WE MUST TAKE THE NEXT STEPT STAND UP TAKE ACTION WE DEMAND CONAG BRIN BACK OUR ALL BEEF DERBY FOOD–WE LIKE THE TAST –THEY SOLD EVERY JAR EVER PRODUCED–MILLIONS OF BUYERS LOOKING FOR DURBY FOODS ALL BEEF —TAMALES—-WHATS IT GONA TAKE CON-AG–A BOY COTE OF SOMETHING–TO INSPIRE DERBY FOODS TO GET IT BACK ON LINE–OUT
89 MAT SELA // Jan 18, 2010 at 6:26 am
OK HERE IT IS -WHO WAS THE BIGEST SELLER OF -D.F. TAMALES-WALMART RIGHT–RIGHT–SO-LETS NOT BUY ANYTHING HORMEL MAKES- + LETS PICK A FEW OTHERS JUST TO LET THEM KNOW WE WANT OUR D.F. TAMALES AND WE WANT THEM NOW–THIS IS GOING TO WORK–P.S.– DOES ANY ONE OUT THERE HAVE A FULL JAR OF DURBY TAMALES PLEASE PHOTO THEM & PUT ON LINE–LIKE YOU TUBE–THATS IT OUT———
90 billy // Jan 20, 2010 at 8:38 pm
i will never buy anything with the derby name on it again until they bring back derby tamales derby foods inc. SUCKS BIGTIME
91 Sandy // Jan 30, 2010 at 7:22 am
I’ll bet these folks who love Derby tamales as I do would be willing to pay a bit more - would that make a difference? I thought the almighty buck trumped everything.
92 karole // Feb 1, 2010 at 8:23 pm
i have been looking for them at all the stores nobody could tell me what happened i thought the company was durkee
93 Laura // Feb 2, 2010 at 4:31 pm
I want Derby Tamales back!! I have been eating them for 30+ yrs. My father in law and I enjoy having them for lunch together. Please!!
94 r m collard // Feb 15, 2010 at 8:22 pm
i will miss Derby Hot Tamales. one comment above says “damn communists” … it should be “damn capitalists!”
95 honey // Feb 18, 2010 at 3:19 pm
How dare they??? Derby tamales were the ONLY ones that were good. Yes, I searched forever too. Just saw on this site they had been discontinued. That figures!!
96 Sparkle // Feb 19, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Please, please bring back the Derby tamales. They are the best!
97 JACK // Feb 24, 2010 at 10:58 am
MY MOM AND DAD AND MY WHOLE FAMILY HAVE SAVORED THESE TERRIFIC TAMALES FOR YEARS. NOTHING COMPARES. KROGERS USUALLY ORDERED ONE CASE AND WHEN THEY STOCKED THE SHELVES WE BOUGHT ALL WE COULD FIND. NOTHING WE DO WILL BRING BACK WHAT FINANCIAL GUYS DECIDE TODROP.THEY CAN NEVER ADMIT A MISTAKE.
98 Sherry // Feb 25, 2010 at 3:22 pm
I like everyone else have hunted for months for Derby Tamales I have eaten them since I was little that was some 50 years ago, I can’t beleive that they wern’t a good selling product all of my family loved them and we all have been trying everywhere to find them only to find out they are no longer being made, the canned ones taste and smell like garbage, Please let all the people who loved them know what we can do to bring them back. I also bought them by the case and will do so again if they are brought back.
99 Hal // Mar 3, 2010 at 6:46 am
I’m glad I checked online. I would still be searching for a store who carried them. What a shame. I too, have eaten them for more than 50 years. Please bring them back.
100 michael hoffard // Mar 3, 2010 at 11:48 am
This is simple you boneheads bring back the Derby Tamales
101 WTF? // Mar 17, 2010 at 11:06 pm
OMG!! I was wondering why they weren’t on the shelves. Who’s stupid idea was it to quit making them?? Apparently some young , stupid newby marketing GUY!! Bring them back NOW!!!!!
102 WTF? // Mar 17, 2010 at 11:14 pm
I had Hormel brand tonight; just not the same
My dad and I used to eat them. Been looking on the shelves for months for them. Shame; sad, sad shame.
103 dan vehling // Mar 20, 2010 at 11:06 am
So too did we search in vain for our Derby Tamales!! Now we know why we can’t find them. The canned ones taste like garbage!! Whatever total moron decided to cut them out should be flogged and put in the stocks!!
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