My wife and I have been in business for about 6 months and are very new to the e-commerce space and, outside of Alibaba we are having a hard time finding suppliers.
Some of the supplies on Alibaba have been okay and we will likely still work with them for now.

But our straw supplier “Ryder Outdoor Equipment” not only moved off the platform (I still have a contact and relationship with them) but has too many quality issues with their straws.
nearly all of them are slightly squished, not round from a cross-section.

This is a big issue as we have clips on our lids that don’t have a lot of tolerance for these errors. my wife and I have looked for over a year and just can’t find any other supplier. For every Google search just go to Alibaba and Ryder Outdoors.
Clearly, there must be other providers, and would love some help. bonus if they are in the US or Mexico