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Billion Dollar Buyer in Baton Rouge
Posted on 2/1/18 at 10:58 am
Posted on 2/1/18 at 10:58 am
Looking to make a deal with a couple who make salad dressings, including a Sensation salad dressing. They're making them at the LSU Ag Center's small business incubation program.
Name of the company is Hanley's.
Name of the company is Hanley's.
This post was edited on 2/1/18 at 11:15 am
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Posted on 2/1/18 at 11:05 am to Stadium Rat
Is this the salad dressing everyone in BR uses? Sammys and Dempseys comes to mind.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 11:12 am to fightin tigers
quote:Sensation Salads were/are a BR restaurant phenomenon. They say they're the first to sell it in bottles.
Is this the salad dressing everyone in BR uses? Sammys and Dempseys comes to mind.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 11:36 am to Stadium Rat
Just finished watching it - they didn't get the deal.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 11:38 am to Stadium Rat
Shocking.
Kraft probably just googled the recipe for a lot cheaper.
Kraft probably just googled the recipe for a lot cheaper.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 11:55 am to Stadium Rat
The Blue Plate Plant in NO will custom make and bottle your recipe on a contract basis. I have been in that plant. Other than age, it was a legitimate prospect, since they buy their components n bulk and can quote you a good price. You would have to sell tons of product to make it yourself cheaper than they will do it for you.
They day we were there they were blending two custom products to bottle that afternoon. One Caesar Salad dressing and one French (that looked gross). Both were customer's blend recipes.
ICA, In Memphis will do any BBQ sauce or anything like that you want. Blended bottled, labeled, cases, you pick it up or they will ship to you. Their recipe or your recipe
ICA site.
They day we were there they were blending two custom products to bottle that afternoon. One Caesar Salad dressing and one French (that looked gross). Both were customer's blend recipes.
ICA, In Memphis will do any BBQ sauce or anything like that you want. Blended bottled, labeled, cases, you pick it up or they will ship to you. Their recipe or your recipe
ICA site.
This post was edited on 2/1/18 at 11:58 am
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:08 pm to Stadium Rat
quote:
Hanley's.
quote:
Sensation salad dressing
Is legit. I keep a bottle in the fridge
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:15 pm to shawnlsu
It didn't beat out Landry's house dressing. It got a 69% rating. They needed at least 80% for Fertitta to make the switch.
He also didn't like their ranch dressing at all after 2 attempts to please him.
He also didn't like their ranch dressing at all after 2 attempts to please him.
This post was edited on 2/1/18 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:34 pm to Stadium Rat
Anyone wanting to test the shelf stable bottled goods market can check out Edible Enterprises in Norco. Full commercial kitchen, bottling line, labeling equipment. It’s a nonprofit business incubator and can give assistance with marketing and distribution.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 2:06 pm to hungryone
He hammered the taste of their Ranch pretty hard.
Also made their Bleu Cheese look pretty terrible.
Also made their Bleu Cheese look pretty terrible.
This post was edited on 2/1/18 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 2/1/18 at 2:19 pm to BomBayTiger
Posted on 2/1/18 at 2:40 pm to Martini
I find sensation is just Cesar without the anchovies and the emulsified egg.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 9:06 pm to Stadium Rat
They sell primarily online; gross $250K last year, net $3K according to show. Billionaire Offered Hanley follow-up chef assistance to get the blend right. Good family and won't give up.
Posted on 2/2/18 at 8:36 am to larry289
Damn—gross of $250K and netted $2K? That’s crazy. Either the product is crap, or they aren’t very good salespeople. I don’t really understand trying to compete in the shelf-stable packaged goods grocery business as a small scale food company: margins in grocery are razor thin, and you’re competing with the largest food companies in the world. Why not re-imagine the Sensation salad as a fresh/refrigerated product, and sell at local farmer’s markets and/or higher-end specialty food retailers? People will pay far more for a small-batch, preservative-free product sold directly to them by the producer at a farmer’s market. Throw in a hand-lettered label, an interesting bottle, and a few salespeople with personality/food knowledge.....of course, that’s not scaleable. You’re going to plateau according to local markets’ shopper traffic.
I work a market selling bread, and I have seen various packaged goods people come and go over the years. Grandma’s spaghetti sauce, various salsas, BBQ sauces, dipping sauces/condiments, etc. All were decent enough products, but not sufficiently interesting/amazing to generate a following, or to differentiate from the many competitors on supermarket shelves. All seemed to think they were on the cusp of major success through grocery store distribution.....I can’t think of a single one that actually made it to anything other than semi-regional distribution.
I wonder how profitable the Cousin’s dressings are?
I work a market selling bread, and I have seen various packaged goods people come and go over the years. Grandma’s spaghetti sauce, various salsas, BBQ sauces, dipping sauces/condiments, etc. All were decent enough products, but not sufficiently interesting/amazing to generate a following, or to differentiate from the many competitors on supermarket shelves. All seemed to think they were on the cusp of major success through grocery store distribution.....I can’t think of a single one that actually made it to anything other than semi-regional distribution.
I wonder how profitable the Cousin’s dressings are?
Posted on 2/2/18 at 10:31 am to hungryone
Even Cousin's dressings were changed to give longer shelf life, but they're still refrigerated.
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