8 Specialty Sauces Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Start A Specialty Sauces Business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a specialty sauces business:

1. Huy Fong Foods ($150M/year)

How much they make: $150M/year
Current team size: 38

How Huy Fong’s Sriracha Hit $150 Million A Year In Sales — With Zero Marketing

Huy Fong Foods' Sriracha sauce, also known as rooster sauce, generates $150 million in revenue annually, accounting for 10% of the US market for hot sauce, despite founder David Tran starting out selling his sauces out of a blue Chevy van.

About

They started Huy Fong Foods about 44 years ago

Revenue

They grew the business to $12.5M/month

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2. Sienna Sauce ($192K/year)

How much they make: $192K/year
Current team size: 3

15-Year-Old Entrepreneur Runs Her Own Sauce Business

A teenage entrepreneur's homemade chicken wing sauce, Sienna Sauce, has become a $192,000 revenue-generating empire sold in 70 US stores, through building a loyal customer base, starting small, and expanding to retail, marketing through branding, consistency and leveraging family support.

About

They started Sienna Sauce about 7 years ago

Revenue

They grew the business to $16K/month

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5. Ship Chicago Food & Gifts Nationwide

Ship food from Famous Chicago Restaurants, Chicago Food gifts, and more. Visit Tastes of Chicago today!

Website traffic: 200K/month

6. Dave's Gourmet, Inc.

Dave's Gourmet is a specialty foods company that makes a wide range of products including Gourmet Pasta Sauce, Hot Sauce, Condiments and Spices.

Where they're located: San Rafael, CA, USA
How much did it cost to start: $10K
Current team size: 4

7. Red Clay Hot Sauce – Red Clay Hot Sauce

Expertly crafted by a stubborn chef, Red Clay Hot Sauce reveres quality ingredients, balanced flavors and time-honored, handcrafted techniques. Meant to enhance a dish, not mask it, we like it on oysters, fried chicken and family recipes.

8. TABASCO

Flavor Your World with TABASCO® Brand sauces – from our Original Red Sauce, to bold hot sauces like Chipotle, Habanero, Sriracha and more. Discover our sauces, recipes, history, and more.

Where they're located: Prasat Balangk, Kampong Thom, Cambodia
Website traffic: 230K/month