event ZestFest 2006

LinNJoe · Mar 10, 2006

We know that many of you are still basking in the afterglow (or perhaps hangover) of the Fiery Foods Show last week, but is anyone planning on going to ZestFest this year?

http://www.thehotzoneonline.com/blog/2006/03/10/zestfest-2006-part-1/

With great satisfaction, you can write us in as definitely going to be there!!!

imaguitargod · Mar 10, 2006

I will not be attending, but if one comes to Los Angeles or near it...I'll be there in a heart beat(a whale heart beat, not a humming bird heart beat).

DEFCON Creator · Mar 10, 2006

Of course we will. Who else would pick up my Golden Chili award(s)?

onehottamale · Mar 10, 2006

I think we are focusing on that show as our next one. I think we still need to get more input on that

Tina Brooks · Mar 10, 2006

Again arises the difficulty with being Canadian and taking money from Americans in the States... Government hoops can be a pain. I doubt we'll have our US incorporation done by then, but it is on our list of shows to do.

T

onehottamale · Mar 10, 2006

AWWWW come on Tina, we need some pictures with you

Maybe we can make our own T-shirts

Tina Brooks · Mar 10, 2006

I don't have great difficulty with attending the show, I have difficulty selling product at a show where I can't sell product.

T

onehottamale · Mar 10, 2006

uh oh, whatcha sayin... I should reconsider, or is it the whole Canada/States thing?

Tina Brooks · Mar 10, 2006

No.. I'm saying YOU should go, it should be a great show. I can't sell my sauces there, unless I hire an American to sell my sauces for me or bring someone with me who knows my sauces but also has a US citizenship.

It seems that I'm allowed to come down there, set up a booth, show off my stuff, let everyone taste it, but I can't sell it directly to Americans, I have to take orders then send them from Canada.

I dunno about you, but going to a hot sauce show to wait two to three weeks for a jar of sauce is daft. Blame the FDA.

I don't mind seeing about planning for a visit. But it would be a vacation thingy, it's more a retail show than a trade show. IYKWIM.

T

onehottamale · Mar 10, 2006

Dam FDA!! :?

Tina Brooks · Mar 10, 2006

Actually, I'm not sure it's the FDA, I think its the IRS actually.

I think I'll just have to throw my own fiery foods show up here!

T

DEFCON Creator · Mar 10, 2006

Ahhhh, the FDA and the IRS, two of my favorite friends. One gives me huge tax refunds, and the other allows me to sell my wares.

BLP Labels · Mar 10, 2006

heh Sad as it may be... the FDA is job security for me. :roll:

Tina Brooks · Mar 11, 2006

Hmmph, well, if I do throw a Fiery Foods of some sort, I'll invite you two anyway.

T

MSK · Mar 11, 2006

onehottamale

Gotta do Ft. Worth girl! The show is great but as an added bonus the town doesn't have all the hangups one suffers in ABQ, NM.

MSK · Mar 11, 2006

Is there such thing as "Emoticons Abuse" :think:

Cap'n Bones · Mar 11, 2006

huvason · Mar 11, 2006

I guess not

huvason · Mar 11, 2006

Love the guy throwing up and the SKULL. How to add the custom ones?

BLP Labels · Mar 11, 2006

Tina Brooks said:
Hmmph, well, if I do throw a Fiery Foods of some sort, I'll invite you two anyway.

T

HAH I was just kiddin. Actually it ticks us off too. We partner with many small companies and sometimes the FDA just makes it impossible for these little companies to survive. It seems as though avery other week the FDA is making you guys change your Nut Charts. I try to stay on top of it as much I can. We are in the process of printing some labels for a smaller Co. right now and are highly recommending that Co. to get their Trans Fat info on the label so they don't have to do it down the road. It's amazing how many products do not have trans fat listed.