cornsticks were sold commercially in stores.
� Flan-Es-Ced�' - Elmec Industries, Inc. has been the local flan producer for over thirty years
� India / Medalla beer - the only remaining mass-produced Puerto Rican beer is brewed by "Cervecer�a India", one of the largest employers in town. "Mayag�ezanos" are queued into morning rush hour, lunch and afternoon rush hour by the company's whistle, which rings at 7:00 am, 8:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. (all times AST)
� Rex Cream's Ice Cream - established in the mid-1960s by Chinese migrants who came to Puerto Rico by the way of Costa Rica, Rex Cream is a chain of ice cream parlors that had its heyday in the late 1970s. The two flagship stores in Mayag�ez, however, are still popular (particularly on Good Friday, since one of the stores is the endpoint for a Good Friday religious procession) for producing alternative ice cream flavors, particularly a corn sherbet.
� Tuna fish - At one time, StarKist, Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee produced 80% of their collective production for consumption in the United States in Mayag�ez. At the time of writing, the only tuna fish cannery remaining in town is that for Bumble Bee.
� El Meson Sandwiches - a Puerto Rican fast food sandwich chain based in Mayaguez. The company sells sandwiches, breakfast, salads and other Puerto Rican foods. There are over 30 shops in the chain, which employs 400 employees.
� A new distillery was founded in Mayag�ez in 2009 by the name of Destiler�a Coqu�, the production is limited to 100 bottles a day, their main product is artisan rum called Pitorro.
A defunct cola bottling operation in town produced "Vita Cola", a popular soft drink in Puerto Rico between the late 1940s and early 1960s.
Mayag�ez was a major rum producing city in Puerto Rico between the 1930s and 1970s. Several
