June 12, 2012… The Carolinas Road Trip

We are continually seeing God work through our new venture E’s Best Barbecue, LLC. As of this writing, we have only 34 cases still to sell from our original 97 case order! All of our retailers have been so supportive and continue to tell us that they have never seen a barbecue sauce product move so fast as our sauces have. This whole experience has been a confirmation that we are in God’s will and moving in the right direction.

As we left last week for our trip to the Carolinas, we had to replenish stock for Come See Come Sav, Palmetto Meat Shop, and The Chop Shop. Thanks to Russ Moore and Justin Shores for handling delivery duties while we were on the road. Our trip to the Carolinas was very successful. We delivered case allotments to our two new distributors, Tonda Bynum, representing the Charlotte area, and Tim & Radawn Elmore, representing the Greenville/Spartanburg area. In addition, Coates Produce at The WNC Farmers Market in Asheville became a new E’s Best retailer. Thanks to Michael Coates for being so enthusiastic about our Smoky Mountain sauces. On our trip to Main Street in Waynesville, we did a tasting on Saturday at Home Tech The Kitchen Shop. Thanks so much to Bob and Kathy Lang, and their entire family for the awesome hospitality they showed to us. Turns out that Smoky Mountain sauces were a hit and the Lang’s Kitchen Shop is now the exclusive retailer on the historic Main Street downtown shopping strip. We are excited to have them on board.

Now fully stocked, our Carolina distributors are opening up new retail opportunities and we will continue to update you as to where E’s Best products are sold. We are planning another trip to the Carolinas next month to conduct tastings and add new retailers. Now that we are back in Florida, we are continuing to ask Tampa Bay area retailers to stock our sauces. Please let your favorite retailer know you want them to carry E’s Best products.

Well, it has been a busy week and we hope to have more exciting news coming up soon, so get your sauce on!

E’s Best to you!