April 7, 2023
A salsa enterprise constructed on a household recipe has expanded into a number of retailers, together with Hy-Vee.
Mama Troll Salsa started promoting final yr at craft reveals and markets. Now, the enterprise has moved from its residence kitchen right into a industrial house to maintain up with a rising variety of shops which are carrying the salsa.
House owners Trey Bren and his mom, AJ, now are promoting solely in retail shops, with areas in six cities within the Sioux Falls space.
“Early on, working by way of the cottage meals legislation allowed us to check our speculation and search for market validation,” Bren mentioned. “We realized that to scale and construct the dimensions of brand name that we envision, we’ve got to satisfy clients the place they’re, which is in brick-and-mortar retail.”
Within the metropolis of Sioux Falls, Mama Troll Salsa is bought at Chef Ellen, Hy-Vee at twenty sixth Avenue and Marion Highway, and The Fruit Truck Market. Hy-Vee’s Greenback Contemporary shops in Tea and Harrisburg carry it, too, as do specialty shops in different communities. For a full record, click on right here.
“We’ll proceed so as to add extra areas as demand will increase,” Bren mentioned. “Wanting into the long run, our purpose is to self-produce and promote on a a lot bigger scale.”
That can imply sourcing sources regionally, reminiscent of elements, discovering a bigger manufacturing house or gear and including a merchandising crew, he mentioned.
Whereas the household has been experimenting within the kitchen, no new merchandise have been added but.
“Our authentic selection has been a household recipe perfected over the course of 25 years, so the bar has been set excessive, and we wish to guarantee that the next varieties launched can dwell as much as the identical requirements,” Bren mentioned. “Moreover, we plan to maintain issues easy by not overwhelming our clients with too many choices, however with all that mentioned, we hope to share one thing new quickly.”
For now, it’s nonetheless solely a household enterprise. His dad, Todd, and niece, Autumn, have “been an unlimited assist,” as has chef Ellen Doerr’s kitchen.
“If it wasn’t for her opening up her house to us, we’d not be the place we’re right this moment,” Bren mentioned.
This season, the enterprise plans to take part in a minimum of yet one more market occasion month-to-month and can supply samples periodically in shops that carry the salsa.
