Join us in celebrating 23 years of the finest all American, all natural dried soup mixes for delicious and convenient home preparation.

Our company’s initial success grew out of a single initial product: Minnesota Heartland Soup. It is an eleven-bean soup, and was introduced to consumers at a holiday boutique as a favor to a friend who needed a food item amongst all the jewelry, crafts and clothing. The response was overwhelming and the business was launched!

Adding one or two new soups a year and expanding the business nationwide through a network of holiday markets, the business soon outgrew the family’s basement and now occupies an 8,000 sq. ft. warehouse and administrative facility.

Trisha Anderson, the company’s founder and president, graduated from college with a degree in English literature, but transformed a life-long love of cooking into a career in the food industry. Beginning as a cooking instructor and then as a caterer, she is solely responsible for the creation of all new recipes, a process that varies from overnight brainstorm to many months.

From hearty bean soups to chili, chowders and more delicate varieties, Frontier Soups offers soup for all seasons and every appetite! All ingredients are of the finest quality and contain no salt, MSG or preservatives. The mixes are available in fine specialty food and gift stores throughout the country or by mail order directly from the company.

“I had no intention of ever starting a business,” explains Trisha Anderson, President of Frontier Soups, whose sales were just under $2 million in 2007. Not bad for someone who never thought she’d one day run her own company.

Trisha got her start when she came to the rescue of a friend who was organizing a local holiday market. “She knew that I had done some catering and was curious if I had a ‘product,’” says Trisha. “I told her that I had this bean soup mix that might work.” So off Trisha went to the show with 275 hand-packaged bags of soup and her card table. “We had samples for people to try and a little sign that said ‘Dinner for 10-12 for $6.’ The soup was a hit, especially with the men. We sold out the first night,” remembers Trisha.

And thus Frontier Soups was born. With the first three soups, Minnesota Heartland 11 Bean, Dakota Territory Beef Barley Bean, and Illinois Prairie Corn Chowder, packed into cartons in the back of her van along with her crock pot, ladle and apron, Trisha took to the road in 1986, traveling a little circuit of holiday markets from Milwaukee to Detroit and back to Chicago.