Kudler fine foods! Shopping the world for fine food
We have traveled the world to bring you an extensive collection of domestic and imported wines and spirits. Customers that participate in the program will receive news about store events, featured products and sales. In addition, they will be given excluxive offers on select merchandise and discounts on cooking and wine classes. Owner Kathy Kudler says, “We believe this will be a huge benefit to our most loyal customers
Whether you want to mix the quintessential martini or find the perfect wine to serve at your next dinner party, Kudler’s is the place to shop. You will find that our stores carry a wide variety of spirits and at prices that will meet any budget.
While we are proud of our wide selection, we certainly don’t want our customers to be intimidated, so each of our stores has a Wine Steward who will be more than happy to assist you in making your selection. We also hold monthly wine appreciation classes so you can learn the nuances of our wines.
ABOUT KUDLER FINE FOODS
Who we are
Kudler Fine Foods is a local upscale specialty food store located in the San Diego metropolitan area. We have three locations (La Jolla, Del Mar and Encinitas). Each store has approximately 8,000 square feet of retail space located in a fashionable shopping center. We have the very best domestic and imported fare at every location. Visit one of our locations and browse our fine selection of:
• Bakery and Pastry Products
• Fresh Produce
• Fresh Meat & Seafood
• Condiments and Packaged Foods
• Cheese and Specialty Dairy Products
Our Mission
Our selections, coupled with our experienced, helpful and knowledgeable staff, merge to offer each customer a delightful and pleasing shopping outing.
We will provide this service because we “shop the world” for our products; purchase only the finest of products; are highly selective in acquiring our team members; and will go to extensive lengths to assure that Kudler Fine Foods is the purveyor of choice for customers aspiring to purchase the finest epicurean delights.
Our History
Our founder, Kathy Kudler, was the Vice-President of Marketing for a large defense contractor. Weary of the constant travel and the pressures of corporate life, Kathy was looking for other opportunities. As it happened, Kathy relieved her stress through gourmet cooking and on a shopping trip for ingredients for a gourmet meal, she suddenly realized there was an opportunity for an upscale epicurean food shop in La Jolla.
Kathy developed a business plan, obtained financing and six months later, on June 18, 1998, the first Kudler Fine Foods opened.
Within nine months the store was at break-even and was profitable for the year.
In 2000, a second store was opened in Del Mar and in 2003 our third shop opened in Encinitas.
BAKERY
Each of our stores has its own modern European Style Bakery.
In the wee hours of the morning, our bakers begin mixing their dough and creating fresh breads and pastries including fruit tarts, table loaves, flat bread and the flakiest croissants in Southern California.
Our breads and pastries are made from old world recipes and the finest ingredients – Irish butter, organic eggs and unbleached flour.
Kudler’s bakery products do not contain preservatives
Meat & Seafood
Our meat and seafood are procured from certified organic producers.
The meat and seafood products are fresh and prepared in the store to your order. The butcher shop in each store carries:
• Dry, aged beef
• A variety of poultry including turkey, duck, pheasant, quail and chicken
• Lamb
• Home-made sausages – made without preservatives
• A wide variety of local seafood
• Live lobsters
Produce
Our produce department offers over 350 fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices.
We stock 16 different varieties of apples as well as a wide range of tropical fruits from around the world.
Experienced cooks know that the right combinations of herbs and spices will turn a good meal into a great meal. Herbs and spices are most flavorful when they are fresh, and we carry the freshest herbs and spices in the area.
Be sure to check out our Asian Specialty Produce department where we carry the produce, herbs and spices that are the staples of Asian cooking.
We know that our customers are interested in maintaining a healthy lifestyle while also trying to live within their budgets. We address these concerns by offering most of our produce in both organic and non-organic varieties.
Cheese & Dairy
Our stores carry a complete line of the finest Dairy products including Irish butter and organic milk.
We are known for our wide assortment of gourmet cheeses. We carry over 250 varieties of cheese from 21 countries. Our stores offer cheeses made from cow, goat and sheep’s milk. We will also special order any cheese you may want that we do not carry in stock.
Wine
We have traveled the world to bring you an extensive collection of domestic and imported wines and spirits.
Whether you want to mix the quintessential martini or find the perfect wine to serve at your next dinner party, Kudler’s is the place to shop. You will find that our stores carry a wide variety of spirits and at prices that will meet any budget.
While we are proud of our wide selection, we certainly don’t want our customers to be intimidated, so each of our stores has a Wine Steward who will be more than happy to assist you in making your selection. We also hold monthly wine appreciation classes so you can learn the nuances of our wines.
