Get Australia on the Sauce - Getting Baxters Original to The Food Service Australia trade show in May 2024.
By Mekla Sirisomphone
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NZ $6,439 pledged
52 people pledged
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This campaign failed to reach its target by 12/04/2024 at 11:00 PM (NZST) and is now closed.
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Get Australia On The Sauce - Getting Baxters Original To The Food Service Australia Trade Show In May 2024.
Project 2024-03-06 15:30:31 +1300
Baxters Original produce an award-winning range of premium quality BBQ and Hot Sauces. Based in Wellington, we manufacture and distribute to supermarkets, specialty stores, restaurants, cafe and condiment lovers throughout the country, who can't seem to get enough of it.
Why are we crowdfunding?
We've just rebranded and we are ready to get Australia on the sauce! We're crowdfunding to get our products in front of an audience of 10,000 trade-focused attendees in May, at the largest food trade show called Food Service Australia. We intend to build relationships with distribution partners who can take it throughout the country. But we're going to need to sell extra sauce to get there!
Who are we?
Hi I’m Mekla, Co-founder of Baxters Original, alongside my partner Berrin. Initially, I trained to cook these recipes to perfection by the ‘original’ Baxter’s. Taking over the responsibility for producing, and upholding the quality of these amazing sauces, as well as managing the distribution!
Berrin's role is managing director, also networking, sales, and being an amazing allrounder!!
What exactly will this crowdfund cover?
✔️Travel expenses to Sydney
✔️ The exhibition space
✔️ Freighting stock on site
✔️ Rebranded material for the show including wall and table banners
✔️ Updated product labels
✔️ Brochures, stickers and business cards, and trademarking ‘Get on the Sauce’ in Australia so we can do things properly.
100% of any excess funds raised over and above our target for this campaign will be invested into the ongoing growth of the business!
What rewards can we give you?
We have a great range of rewards on offer, starting from stickers and sauces, and moving to a Luxury Wagyu BBQ and Butchery Masterclass, including eight courses of different styles of Wagyu, with drinks included. You also get a take-home goodie bag with a wagyu steak, a chef’s knife, and sauces of course!
Next the rewards move to products from our favourite cooler brand Yeti, as well as one heck of an amazing range of pellet BBQ's, the Green Mountain Grill (GMG) which does everything!
The Green Mountain Grill is an electric-powered pellet BBQ, smoker, oven and grill, that can be turned on via an app. So you can start, as well as monitor your BBQ remotely!
The smaller version can even be plugged into your car 12V for cooking on the go! Get that unique smoked flavor, without the hassle of building a fire!
We'll even throw in the chance to be the first port of call at our next round of equity funding!
Baxter's Original Sauce - The back story
Originally established in 2013, Baxters Original was founded by Scott and Erika Baxter, after moving to New Zealand from the USA to work on the Hobbit movies. Being gluten intolerant Scott was unable to find any quality BBQ and Hot sauces locally. Previously having had success as a commercial brewer by winning "best of the fest" with his brown ale at the Florida USA 2000 International beer festival, Scott had a knack for creating great recipes. From there it was a natural progression for him to create sauces that he and his family could enjoy and love.
Whilst developing his recipes Scott brought his batches of sauce into the office for everyone to sample and provide feedback and Berrin was his biggest fan straight away and as they say, the rest is history. At this stage, he was producing more sauce than he and his family could consume, at the request of friends and colleagues, he started to sell it to fund the operation. A fan base for these sauces ignited and he created a demand to supply local Wellington stores.
Scott was onto a winning formula and started entering his creations into major sauce competitions worldwide. Multiple awards were won, notably the Dragons Breath BBQ sauce took out the World Champion title in the BBQ sauce division at the 2017 World Hot Sauce Awards in the USA
In early 2017 the Baxter’s were beginning to make moves to return home to be closer to family, however, they could not just simply up and leave due to the saucy momentum!!! It was around then that Scott and Erika approached us to continue their sauce legacy.
Timing is everything and at that particular time Berrin and I were considering home-based business opportunities whilst juggling a young family … bingo!
Did we know what we were getting into? No…
Have we grown immensely throughout this journey? Yes indeed!
In a nutshell, to do something you have not done before, you have to become somebody you haven't been before.
Along this roller coaster ride, we have achieved some notable milestones, supplying to Countdown supermarkets nationwide, Wendy’s Hamburgers, Hells Pizza and continue to supply New Zealand’s largest hospitality group, which has all given the brand great exposure!
We are truly humbled and inspired by our customers old and new who are very loyal and enthusiastic advocates for our sauce!
We are growing!
Recently we have partnered with the 'Supplier Collaboration Project' whom bring a wealth of experience in retail sales and brand development. This union is proving to be an exciting and well timed joining of the forces as we are poised to take a giant leap forward. In 2021 we trademarked the phrase ‘Get on the Sauce’ which was ripe for the picking!!
Alongside a great product and a classic catch phrase, we are in the final stages of a fresh re-brand to incorporate ‘Get on the Sauce’ into every aspect of the brand.
Complimented with a marketing campaign for this exciting growth phase of the business, we are now primed and ready to Get Australia on the sauce!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!
#getonthesauce
Comments
Updates 3
Ten Days to Go!
02/04/2024 at 11:00 PM
We have ten days till the end of our Pledge Me campaign and we would love your help!
Sharing is caring and we'd appreciate you spreading the love around to friends, family and fellow food lovers alike.
Thanks for your support!
Aussie Here We Come!
29/03/2024 at 11:32 AM
Well ... we are now committed - 100%
Its nerve wracking and exciting at the same time.
Now to reverse engineer this ambition of ours!
Please share the love far and wide.
We will be forever grateful
Lets 'Get on the Sauce'
Berrin & Mekla
We are 10% There!
21/03/2024 at 9:56 PM
⚡️⚡️Woohoo!⚡️⚡️
We have made it 10% along this journey - an excellent beginning.
Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed so far.
Please share with friends and food lovers alike and help us-
'Get Australia on the Sauce!'
💥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥
Thankyou from the bottom of our saucy hearts!
Pledgers 52
12/04/2024 at 6:24pm
12/04/2024 at 3:29pm
"Lets get saucey! Best of luck guys."
12/04/2024 at 8:18am
"Kia kaha team!"
12/04/2024 at 6:43am
"Having worked with Baxters Original for years we are proud to support them in this campaign"
11/04/2024 at 10:38pm
"Love the sauce!"
11/04/2024 at 9:31pm
11/04/2024 at 8:14pm
"All the best getting saucey in Aus! "
11/04/2024 at 7:59pm
"Good luck team"
11/04/2024 at 10:28am
"Best of Luck guys, can't wait to get on the sauce with you, make sure you both come to Hamilton next time"
10/04/2024 at 6:50pm
"Best of luck with your Aus business encounters, Berrin and Mekla"
10/04/2024 at 11:33am
"For all the freebies you have gifted….. My favourite sauce 😉😍. Looking forward to the yacht x x"
10/04/2024 at 7:56am
"Love you guys xx"
09/04/2024 at 10:09pm
"Here's to Sydney, all the best! Di xo"
09/04/2024 at 9:29pm
09/04/2024 at 7:54pm
"Good luck buddy!"
09/04/2024 at 7:31pm
09/04/2024 at 7:27pm
"Go u good thing!"
09/04/2024 at 3:31pm
"Love the sauce "
09/04/2024 at 2:11pm
"I'm on the sauce and I need mooorrree!"
09/04/2024 at 1:27pm
"Good luck Baz and Meke, or should I say G'day! x"
09/04/2024 at 9:02am
"Getting on the "sauce" my friends. Love your work "
09/04/2024 at 8:05am
"Hey guys, I hope you lovely saucy humans reach your target !! Xx"
08/04/2024 at 9:07pm
"A pleasure to help these legends #GetAussieOnTheSauce God speed tean"
08/04/2024 at 7:44am
"Good luck team, Get on the sauce! Team Yabba Dabba Q are behind u. "
07/04/2024 at 5:51pm
05/04/2024 at 11:00am
"Ye let's get Oz on the sauce! x"
04/04/2024 at 8:22pm
"Good bastards getting on the sauce "
01/04/2024 at 9:55am
"With Mucho Amor from Mama Aubergier Rico. She wishes Baxter Sauces all the success you deserve. Mama expressly requested to bring her some back to France when i next visit. love you folks. "
28/03/2024 at 1:57pm
28/03/2024 at 8:10am
"Saucy times ahead xxx"
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Get Australia On The Sauce - Getting Baxters Original To The Food Service Australia Trade Show In May 2024.
Project 2024-03-06 15:30:31 +1300
Baxters Original produce an award-winning range of premium quality BBQ and Hot Sauces. Based in Wellington, we manufacture and distribute to supermarkets, specialty stores, restaurants, cafe and condiment lovers throughout the country, who can't seem to get enough of it.
Why are we crowdfunding?
We've just rebranded and we are ready to get Australia on the sauce! We're crowdfunding to get our products in front of an audience of 10,000 trade-focused attendees in May, at the largest food trade show called Food Service Australia. We intend to build relationships with distribution partners who can take it throughout the country. But we're going to need to sell extra sauce to get there!
Who are we?
Hi I’m Mekla, Co-founder of Baxters Original, alongside my partner Berrin. Initially, I trained to cook these recipes to perfection by the ‘original’ Baxter’s. Taking over the responsibility for producing, and upholding the quality of these amazing sauces, as well as managing the distribution!
Berrin's role is managing director, also networking, sales, and being an amazing allrounder!!
What exactly will this crowdfund cover?
✔️Travel expenses to Sydney
✔️ The exhibition space
✔️ Freighting stock on site
✔️ Rebranded material for the show including wall and table banners
✔️ Updated product labels
✔️ Brochures, stickers and business cards, and trademarking ‘Get on the Sauce’ in Australia so we can do things properly.
100% of any excess funds raised over and above our target for this campaign will be invested into the ongoing growth of the business!
What rewards can we give you?
We have a great range of rewards on offer, starting from stickers and sauces, and moving to a Luxury Wagyu BBQ and Butchery Masterclass, including eight courses of different styles of Wagyu, with drinks included. You also get a take-home goodie bag with a wagyu steak, a chef’s knife, and sauces of course!
Next the rewards move to products from our favourite cooler brand Yeti, as well as one heck of an amazing range of pellet BBQ's, the Green Mountain Grill (GMG) which does everything!
The Green Mountain Grill is an electric-powered pellet BBQ, smoker, oven and grill, that can be turned on via an app. So you can start, as well as monitor your BBQ remotely!
The smaller version can even be plugged into your car 12V for cooking on the go! Get that unique smoked flavor, without the hassle of building a fire!
We'll even throw in the chance to be the first port of call at our next round of equity funding!
Baxter's Original Sauce - The back story
Originally established in 2013, Baxters Original was founded by Scott and Erika Baxter, after moving to New Zealand from the USA to work on the Hobbit movies. Being gluten intolerant Scott was unable to find any quality BBQ and Hot sauces locally. Previously having had success as a commercial brewer by winning "best of the fest" with his brown ale at the Florida USA 2000 International beer festival, Scott had a knack for creating great recipes. From there it was a natural progression for him to create sauces that he and his family could enjoy and love.
Whilst developing his recipes Scott brought his batches of sauce into the office for everyone to sample and provide feedback and Berrin was his biggest fan straight away and as they say, the rest is history. At this stage, he was producing more sauce than he and his family could consume, at the request of friends and colleagues, he started to sell it to fund the operation. A fan base for these sauces ignited and he created a demand to supply local Wellington stores.
Scott was onto a winning formula and started entering his creations into major sauce competitions worldwide. Multiple awards were won, notably the Dragons Breath BBQ sauce took out the World Champion title in the BBQ sauce division at the 2017 World Hot Sauce Awards in the USA
In early 2017 the Baxter’s were beginning to make moves to return home to be closer to family, however, they could not just simply up and leave due to the saucy momentum!!! It was around then that Scott and Erika approached us to continue their sauce legacy.
Timing is everything and at that particular time Berrin and I were considering home-based business opportunities whilst juggling a young family … bingo!
Did we know what we were getting into? No…
Have we grown immensely throughout this journey? Yes indeed!
In a nutshell, to do something you have not done before, you have to become somebody you haven't been before.
Along this roller coaster ride, we have achieved some notable milestones, supplying to Countdown supermarkets nationwide, Wendy’s Hamburgers, Hells Pizza and continue to supply New Zealand’s largest hospitality group, which has all given the brand great exposure!
We are truly humbled and inspired by our customers old and new who are very loyal and enthusiastic advocates for our sauce!
We are growing!
Recently we have partnered with the 'Supplier Collaboration Project' whom bring a wealth of experience in retail sales and brand development. This union is proving to be an exciting and well timed joining of the forces as we are poised to take a giant leap forward. In 2021 we trademarked the phrase ‘Get on the Sauce’ which was ripe for the picking!!
Alongside a great product and a classic catch phrase, we are in the final stages of a fresh re-brand to incorporate ‘Get on the Sauce’ into every aspect of the brand.
Complimented with a marketing campaign for this exciting growth phase of the business, we are now primed and ready to Get Australia on the sauce!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!
#getonthesauce
Comments
Ten Days to Go!
02/04/2024 at 11:00 PM
We have ten days till the end of our Pledge Me campaign and we would love your help!
Sharing is caring and we'd appreciate you spreading the love around to friends, family and fellow food lovers alike.
Thanks for your support!
Aussie Here We Come!
29/03/2024 at 11:32 AM
Well ... we are now committed - 100%
Its nerve wracking and exciting at the same time.
Now to reverse engineer this ambition of ours!
Please share the love far and wide.
We will be forever grateful
Lets 'Get on the Sauce'
Berrin & Mekla
We are 10% There!
21/03/2024 at 9:56 PM
⚡️⚡️Woohoo!⚡️⚡️
We have made it 10% along this journey - an excellent beginning.
Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed so far.
Please share with friends and food lovers alike and help us-
'Get Australia on the Sauce!'
💥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥
Thankyou from the bottom of our saucy hearts!
12/04/2024 at 6:24pm
12/04/2024 at 3:29pm
"Lets get saucey! Best of luck guys."
12/04/2024 at 8:18am
"Kia kaha team!"
12/04/2024 at 6:43am
"Having worked with Baxters Original for years we are proud to support them in this campaign"
11/04/2024 at 10:38pm
"Love the sauce!"
11/04/2024 at 9:31pm
11/04/2024 at 8:14pm
"All the best getting saucey in Aus! "
11/04/2024 at 7:59pm
"Good luck team"
11/04/2024 at 10:28am
"Best of Luck guys, can't wait to get on the sauce with you, make sure you both come to Hamilton next time"
10/04/2024 at 6:50pm
"Best of luck with your Aus business encounters, Berrin and Mekla"
10/04/2024 at 11:33am
"For all the freebies you have gifted….. My favourite sauce 😉😍. Looking forward to the yacht x x"
10/04/2024 at 7:56am
"Love you guys xx"
09/04/2024 at 10:09pm
"Here's to Sydney, all the best! Di xo"
09/04/2024 at 9:29pm
09/04/2024 at 7:54pm
"Good luck buddy!"
09/04/2024 at 7:31pm
09/04/2024 at 7:27pm
"Go u good thing!"
09/04/2024 at 3:31pm
"Love the sauce "
09/04/2024 at 2:11pm
"I'm on the sauce and I need mooorrree!"
09/04/2024 at 1:27pm
"Good luck Baz and Meke, or should I say G'day! x"
09/04/2024 at 9:02am
"Getting on the "sauce" my friends. Love your work "
09/04/2024 at 8:05am
"Hey guys, I hope you lovely saucy humans reach your target !! Xx"
08/04/2024 at 9:07pm
"A pleasure to help these legends #GetAussieOnTheSauce God speed tean"
08/04/2024 at 7:44am
"Good luck team, Get on the sauce! Team Yabba Dabba Q are behind u. "
07/04/2024 at 5:51pm
05/04/2024 at 11:00am
"Ye let's get Oz on the sauce! x"
04/04/2024 at 8:22pm
"Good bastards getting on the sauce "
01/04/2024 at 9:55am
"With Mucho Amor from Mama Aubergier Rico. She wishes Baxter Sauces all the success you deserve. Mama expressly requested to bring her some back to France when i next visit. love you folks. "
28/03/2024 at 1:57pm
28/03/2024 at 8:10am
"Saucy times ahead xxx"