Interview with hot sauce maker Marie Sharp

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted May 10th 2006 @ 6:53PM

Nick Lindauer over at the Hot Sauce Blog recently posted a link to an interview with Belizean hot sauce maker Marie Sharp. Sharp was the original creator of Melinda's line, and she discusses, in detail, how she lost the name to her U.S. distributor. Sharp describes the origins of her hot sauce line, from growing peppers for local friends to eventually finding her products on the shelves of Wal-Mart. The interview was originally published in Belize Magazine, so many of the questions pertain to Sharp's relationship with her country-local fruit, animals and history. It's an interesting read for you hot sauce buffs.

Filed Under: Business, Magazines, On the Blogs, Ingredients
Tags: belize, condiments, hot sauce, hot sauce blog, HotSauce, interview, marie sharp, melinda's

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5-10-2006 @10:08PM Bestvnteas said... A very insightful interview! Thanks for mentioning it. People in developing countries are hard working and very determined.

Her experience with an underhanded distributor is not isolated. I'm aware of at least one other similar case. The manufacturer of Trung Nguyen coffee in VN also had a similar experience.

I use the phrase "Always Keeping You Informed" which I wrote on my Web site. I recently discovered that the very same phrase is also blatantly appearing on another Web site.

So I'm not surprised when people are dishonest. That's in their nature.

http://www.cookies-in-motion.com

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