biz friends, I make an amazing salsa that everyone tells me I

Market it to the faggots over at reddit.

>>1244029
Not a bad idea anon. What kind of story would you use to hook them?

What we REALLY need is an appliance for the home that would warm tortilla chips just like you get at a restaurant, but compact enough to put on the shelf when finished.

>>1244037
>greatest lore

OP maybe that guy who made his own pet food could help you.

>>1244025
The food industry is a fucking hard industry to get into.

Even if you start getting into some stores and making progress, as soon as the big guys see you doing well, they'll just copy your product and kill your company.

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>>1244037
>Be me, melt a candy bar in my pocket with radar.
>spaghetti comes out of my pants
>tried nacho chips, but that blew my fucking brain.

Too much, mang.

>>1244025
but seriously, I have a semi-similar scenario.

If you're thinking of manufacturing and not just hocking the recipe, how would anyone do that without serious capital and a commercial kitchen and all of the other legal bullshit?

>>1244025
Wow, you chop up fruits and herbs like millions of other people
Fuck off retarx its not amazing, probs not even good.

>>1244025
nigga you need to do something different.

make up some shit story how your ingredients are sourced from some poor farming village in Mexico and a portion of your proceeds go to support the village and its people.

the problem will be finding some poor village in mexico that grows the ingredients and having them delivered to you since that will cost $$$ and will force you to increase the cost of your salsa. Will people buy a more expensive salsa just to help some poor mexicans? if you market it correctly to the right customers (think of selling where there is a high number of hispanic-americans who would happily help their poor brethren) also if it really is as amazing as you say it is then that will help as well.

>>1244115
You can rent a commercial kitchen for 25$ an hour.

>>1244101
So I'll need a good product, but an even better brand.

OP here. My biggest concern will be scaling and growth. I only have about 20k in capital. I have no doubts that my product will gain popularity, but what I'm worried about is what the hell I'd do if costco or some other major markets want to start carrying my product. I also have no idea about what permits or rules I have to obtain or follow.

>>1244025
Yeb? Yeb? Is that you?

Sorry you dropped out of the race Yeb. Pls put the guac bowl down and step back from the ledge.

>>1244101

This. Don't be delusional, pleb. Every Mexican mom knows how to make a good salsa. Food industry? Not even once.

>>1244025

Bottle it, label it, start shopping it to every store in town. Work your way up the chain.

>>1244036
What ever it is, make it memorable

>>1245348
It doesnt matter how good the salsa actually is. What matters is marketing.

>>1245482
Yeah, have been thinking quite a bit with regard to the branding side of this. Marketing will mean everything.

>>1244025
You start at farmers markets because you can sidestep food regulations and if its popular enough youll have to get capital for proper hygienic jarring (iso whatever cannongs room - minimum temp etc)

Which isnt as expensive as it may sound , 5 or 10k maybe? You can outsource this

Breaking into grocery stores is hard though. Trader joes type places would be your first target

>>1245714
Rather than a chain like Trader Joe's, I'd suggest finding some small hipster place that really pushes local products. http://www.howdenmarket.com/ for example. I'm sure there's a local hipster market near you.

>>1245714
Farmer's markets don't regulate? didn't know that. Good idea anon. And yeah, gaining too much popularity scares me because if I get copied before I can establish a trusted brand, I'm boned.

>>1245727
Trader Joe's isn't hipster anymore?

I need to go outside.

>>1245763
Just do it. Your salsa might be great but it's not something that somebody else hasn't made before. I think you're on the right track with the quality angle. Unless you have the capacity, capital and supply chain in place Costco and major chains are out of reach right now. You have to walk before you can run. Farmers markets and local stores are your best bet. Paranoia is only going to hold you back. Good luck!

>>1245803
Trader Joes is still hipster but they're also owned by Aldi, a huge multinational. I'm guessing they're going to be hard to get into unless they have a 'local' section.

Couple more things anon. To get into stores you're going to need a UPC and nutritional labeling. There's some flexibility with health codes and labeling when selling direct to consumers but if you want to grow at all you're going to need them.

op is bullshiting. tell me your recipe to the salsa so that I, a mexican, can judge for myself.

if your black and you make salsa and peeps tell you you make good salsa? its a lie, its just pc culture.

tell the recipe op.

>>1244703

Getting too big is a good problem. If you are serious about this, get a lawyer friend to help you out for cheap.

>>1245978
Lels will not tell recipe. I can tell you that this is more of an "american" salsa. A sort of novelty salsa. It's similar to when mango salsa blew up the markets a decade or two ago. No way am I competing with you bean emperors over traditional salsas, because yeah, that market is pretty saturated and prices are typically low for good shit.