ABOUT US

Totem Food Products is a local family owned company committed to helping retailers sell  wholesale snack foods since 1961.  We take pride in delivering a wide variety of products throughout Western Washington and the Puget Sound area.  Our friendly route specialist with fully stocked trucks provide expert merchandising services and tempting snack food products.  We also assemble freshly made sandwiches and have an extensive line of fancy nuts that we roast daily in our Kent plant.  We are the home of the well-loved Canadian Jumbo Hot Dog and Big Dude's Jerky!
Our customers are made up of small to medium grocery, drug and hardware stores, convenience stores, taverns, golf courses, hospitals, snack bars, clubs, deli’s, public schools, colleges, military installations, tire shops, meat markets, espresso stands, bowling alleys, casinos, produce stand or anywhere you see snack foods!
You can depend on our outstanding service and high quality product.  We look forward to earning your business and being your valued partner for years to come!

Sales Team

Honesty, Integrity & Reliability


The whole team at Totem knows that our success is linked directly to yours.  We strive to make things easy and profitable for your business in every way possible by providing quality products, outstanding service and good value.

Family Tradition of Success ​

Totem Food Products began in route sales delivery as a snack food specialist to neighborhood taverns.  Doug McKeen and two partners, Dave Conard and Paul Henderson, pooled their talents and resources.  The business grew steadily to include a diverse set of customers and a variety of new products.  Meat snacks became more popular and Doug McKeen asked Art “OH BOY!” Oberto to get into the jerky business, and we all know how well that turned out!  Dave and Paul retired and Totem Foods went on to acquire Puget Sound Foods in Tacoma which featured freshly made sandwiches.  The company also began a nut roasting operation and started packaging a variety of freshly roasted nuts.  In 1981 the company consolidated the Seattle and Tacoma locations and moved into the present Kent location.  In 1994, the assets of Premium Foods were purchased and the company took ownership of the Canadian Jumbo Hot Dog brand. Then in 2019, Totem released its own brand of jerky called Big Dude's.
This is a family business.  Doug McKeen's daughter Kathy and son Doug are corporate officers, and Kathy’s son Shawn is the buyer and warehouse manager and Shawn's wife Ashley is our administrative assistant and creative director.  Our focus has never changed.  It is, and always has been, service. 
You can count on us to deliver the very best, always!

Production Team

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