Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2010-08-02 09:58.
Posted in: Odd Numbers
http://www.sauceaholic.com
he barbecue sauces, salsas, mustards and rubs are on the shelves. Now the owners of Sauceaholics just have to hope for business.
They opened the small shop in Lakewood last week. It's a simple operation by most business standards - one employee and 900 square feet of jars and bottles for sale in a shopping center. But they still face the same obstacles every new business does.
The U.S. Small Business Administration reports that about 650,000 businesses opened and another 575,000 closed each year from 2004 to 2008, the most recent data available.
The biggest problem facing most new businesses is lack of access to capital, said Janic ."
He ordered a bunch, put together a couple of gift baskets, but it continued to stay in his mind.
"A $30 order might cost $15 in shipping," he said. "So wouldn't it be nice to have a store that had all that salsa? And then it grew into sauces, marmalades, hot sauces. And you talk about a cult, look at hot sauces."
He talked to his wife about it. She talked to Sandra Hazen, a longtime friend, about it. Smith talked to a neighbor, Jack Gibney, about it. And they decided to go for it.
The process was simple: Search the Internet for makers of the products, e-mail them and ask about wholesale prices.
They created a corporation, got a credit card and started ordering. They order mostly in cases of 12, with most costing them $80-$150.
"Our competition," he said, "is who we just bought it from."
Generally, he prices the items a little higher than the manufacturer's retail price and generally a little more h he and Gibney, an attorney, r
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