We had the good fortune of connecting with Bernice Bedolla and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Bernice, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
When we started Aguas Las Rancheritas back in 2021 we didn’t really know where it would go. We wanted to bring a new twist of Aguas Frescas and change it up from a basic drink to something where you want to take a picture of! One of our main goals when we started was to make sure to always provide the best customer service to our customers and make sure they wanted to come back again, and that is still our goal til this day!

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
We aren’t your average Agua Fresca spot, we are Aguas Las Rancheritas! Where it’s not just an Aguas Fresca, it’s a VIBEEEE! And we mean that, our aguas frescas stand out from most places and all our drinks are made from real natural fruit which makes it even better! When we first started our stand, we did struggle a lot getting out there just because we went from office jobs to the food industry. There was some events where we went back home with all the aguas and had to throw them away but with time and practice we knew what we had to fix and improve on. Starting 2022 we went all in and that year blew up for us, we had attended festivals, schools, carnivals, concerts. We had ton of sold out events and continuous long lines! We worked like crazy to get our name out there and it paid off, now we are known all over the 559 and this year we are expanding all over California now!

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Some of the fun places to visit here in the valley would have to be Riverpark on Tuesday’s 5pm-9pm and Saturday’s, 11am-4pm where you can actually catch us there every week! There’s always over 60+ vendors, live music, food vendors, merch and tons of stores in the shopping center! Also, if you’d like to take a train ride you can always catch the Amtrak to Hanford on Thursdays and visit their Thursday Night Market 5:30pm-9pm where they have live music, food vendors, fresh produce, beer garden, merch vendors and of course Aguas Frescas! There’s also Arthop which is every 1st Thursday of the month where there is 100s+ vendors on Fulton from Inyost to Calaveras st.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
Here at Aguas Las Rancheritas we’d like to to show a huge appreciation to our staff! If it wasn’t for our fun, outgoing, friendly team we wouldn’t be where we are today! Thanks to them we have been able to expand more and meet new people, especially our vendor friends. Our team isn’t just a staff to us but a family and we’re always extremely grateful for them and thanks to them we will be opening our first store front this Summer 2024!

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