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trigger22

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Feb 25, 2008 12:39 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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We had a restaurant . and me and my wife love to cook and one day we came up with a new salad dressing.. ..our cutomers from all nationality and ages and differnt tastes they all loved our salad dressing ..and wanted to buy this dressing in big jars or bottels so they can take it home ..i tried to patent the product and licensed it ..but it cost a lot of money .....we sold the restaurant now but we didnot give the recipe or the ingredient to the ne owners and now we like to get some help from an investor to what we should do especially we dont have the money to persue our dream ...

need advice and help thanks

CampSteve

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Feb 25, 2008 1:17 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I`m not an expert in the food industry by any means but I can suggest starting out small and local. Why not make and package your dressing to sell locally? You especially need to keep it selling to the customers who liked it when you had the restaurant. Start small to build up momentum and sales.

Even if you`re buying bottles in small quantities and printing labels on your home printer, you`re doing something to keep the product going. As sales grow, you can invest more in the company. From the business stories I`ve read, this is how a lot of food companies start out. Sell to your neighbors and expand from there!

TigerTaco

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Mar 01, 2008 2:11 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Steve is right on; check out this story in Fortune Small Business last month about Bear Naked and what she/they did to get it going and how they kept it going ... amazing stuff (went from home kitchen to selling out to Kellogs for 60 million in five years) and I know you can do it!

bhatti4200

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Jul 12, 2012 10:42 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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trigger22 really have a good question and including me waiting for a good reply!!!

RKee

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Jul 20, 2012 12:57 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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These guys are on point. It sounds like you've got a great product, you've already done all the testing having used it at the restaurant, and you got great feedback. Definitely start selling to neighbors and friends b/c they probably already know about it and love it. You could also try finding farmers' markets or small health food stores who would consider carrying your product. Good luck!

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menappi

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Jul 24, 2012 3:27 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I would like to know what this mystery salad dressing tastes like

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AnnieSialo

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Jul 25, 2012 1:51 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I am not sure why you sold the restaurant for????

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