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Well the rumors and whisperings are true, Sweat ‘N Spice has been sold. Wait, that’s too dramatic sounding. Without revealing the specific details, I’ve taken on two new partners, Amir & Steve and while I will maintain a interest in Sweat ‘N Spice, Amir & Steve are beginning to take over the day to day operations of the business. I will continue to maintain the website & photos and will stay on board as an advisor of all things hot.
Answers to a few questions that may be in peoples minds:
Why sell it? Working two jobs just wasn’t fun any more and I really wanted to take some time off to finish school, pursue new avenues in my career and slow down a bit.
I sell to SNS - what does this mean for me? The only change you will see is the shipping & billing address. Plus either Amir or Steve will contact you, but I may still. And everyone is free to still contact me. Also, on the shipping front - we now have a dedicated dock!
I want to sell to SNS - what does this mean for me? Well this move allows us access to a large warehouse, more capital and a desire to expand above and beyond what you see today. More space means we will be carrying more products. All good things…
What about a store? That’s still a possibility. In TX - I may set up a store, waiting to see how this semi retirement goes. And it would be partnered with SNS. In NYC? Yep, still on the books - once Amir & Steve get things really humming, we’ve agreed to review everything and see what we can get done.
What does this mean for the HSB? Nothing. The HSB will continue to run as is. In fact, this move allows the HSB to branch out into new areas and review even more products…
What about products sent to the HSB? Anything sent in to the HSB for review will still be considered to be stocked on SNS. And anything sent to SNS for consideration will be sent to me for photography and reviewing on the HSB.
Any other questions? Feel free to ask them here. I’ll be sending out contact information to everyone we currently buy from soon enough and in the interim, feel free to reach out to me with any other questions.
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Posted by: Nick Lindauer - Categories: Hot Sauce News
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Bittersweet, but understand, good luck with your other endeavors and enjoying a little time! We don’t get in a big hurry in Texas so maybe that will help!
Wow, what a wake up call on a Monday morning. I wish the best of luck to this partnership. Growth is always good, and it seems it was well thought out.
WOW, just the other day I was thinking to myself “How in the hell is Nick gonna take care of SNS in Texas”. Now I know. LOL
Damn! It was hard keeping this secret! I’m glad you finally made the announcement Nick! Good luck in Texas. I’ve been talking with Amir about things lately and his ideas are great for what SNS will become! -Lars-
Congrats Nick.
…now com’on and tell us your sell price……. 
What’s the stock trading at now? 
What part of Texas are you looking at?
Hello all you chileheads, I just wanted to say that I am looking forward to working with sns. We are going to have a lot of fun and we will be able to carry a much larger inventory as well as a bunch of new items. Thanks you so much for this awesome opportunity and things are already heating up.
Thanks Nick and everyone for the support…..
Amir
Well, now if that doesn’t explain EVERYTHING!
Wow!
Congratulations Nick! Hope the move is a great one for you. Keep us posted!
Some of us retailers are wondering when we’ll be contacted, btw
T
Best of luck to you and the wife!!! You both seem destined for success!
Congrats to you both as well Amir and Steve! THT looks forward to filling all those HUGE orders you will be placing! lol
Amir Bakal on 7/30/2007 at 1:41 pm said:
Hello all you chileheads, I just wanted to say that I am looking forward to working with sns. We are going to have a lot of fun and we will be able to carry a much larger inventory as well as a bunch of new items. Thanks you so much for this awesome opportunity and things are already heating up.
Thanks Nick and everyone for the support…..
Amir
Amir,
It was great conversing with you and we look forward to working with you.
Best of luck to you and Steve and of course Nick and The Wife.
Lots of big exciting changes for you all and we here in Area 306 wish you all the best.
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