E.Z. EARL SAMPLE PROGRAM EXPIRES

[E.Z. Earl]

Over the first year on the market E.Z. Earl offered a free "pony-taster" sample of his gold medal winning Blazin'-Hot Sauce and Smokin'-Hot Sauce. It was anticipated 500 to 750 samples would be mailed. At the time the offer expired on May 15, 2007 Branding Iron Foods and Stirling Foods had sent out over 12,500 samples. The response has been fantastic from all 50 states and 17 foreign nations. It resulted in several large restaurant distributors, several restaurants (including our Marco at Mr. D's Wings & Ribs in MD), many consumers, and one professional baseball team!
Thanks everyone! - E.Z. :)

[imaguitargod]

Wow, I remember when you first posted the sample program why back when! It's amazing how large it got. Great job Earl!

[E.Z. Earl]

Wow, I remember when you first posted the sample program why back when! It's amazing how large it got. Great job Earl!

Thanks. I am a bit overwhelmed myself by what was to simply be a little "busy-box" retfirement activity for me. I am not sure where it is all headed, but it can get damn scary if I think about it too hard! :lol: - E.Z.

[Shooty*]

Fantastic! Especially the restaurant aspect.

Which baseball team? ;)

[E.Z. Earl]

Fantastic! Especially the restaurant aspect.

Which baseball team? ;)

Eugene Emeralds - a farm team for the San Diego Padres. They will have 1/2 galllon jugs with pumps in 5 conession areas. 100,000 fans will pass through in the next 120 day. What exposure!
E.Z.

[dreamtheatervt]

Congrats E.Z.! You've earned your success with an excellent product. I happen to have a picture of on of my favorite uses for your sauces:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/419456717_56f05ee9bd.jpg

[imaguitargod]

Congrats E.Z.! You've earned your success with an excellent product. I happen to have a picture of on of my favorite uses for your sauces:
I did a doble take, for a second I thought that was the picture I posted in my review of his sauces:
http://www.thehotzoneonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/pizza2.jpg

[thehotpepper.com]

Hey E.Z. did you win the Stuff battle? Or did you just not update the website yet?

[E.Z. Earl]

Congrats E.Z.! You've earned your success with an excellent product. I happen to have a picture of on of my favorite uses for your sauces:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/419456717_56f05ee9bd.jpg

Nice! You do good work. Pleased to see you are enjoying it so much. - E.Z.

[E.Z. Earl]

Hey E.Z. did you win the Stuff battle? Or did you just not update the website yet?

Ah, yes - good question. I will answer it but then I will have to kill you! :lol:

I could not fight their war chest, so I agreed to with draw and not file any new T/M's with the words Hot Stuff included. But I did not agree that I didn't own the trademark. So my latest filing is for E.Z Earl's Blazin'-Hot including graphics and color. Then I can add BBQ, Stuff, etc in the curve under the T/M. We will see if this end run works out.
E.Z.

[thehotpepper.com]

That's pretty smart ;)

[DevilDuck]

Damn EZ, good for you!!! Hmmm....I could see some of my stuff out at the Albuquerque Isotopes ballpark. I may have to have a little chat with you sometime.

[dreamtheatervt]

DD...How long have the Isotopes been in Albuquerque? On an episode of The Simpsons, the Springfield Isotopes moved to Albuquerque. I was wondering if the two were related at all.

[marcosauces]

Ya E.Z. people love your stuff at Mr. D's, matter of fact i need to call Jeff for a refill :)

[DevilDuck]

DD...How long have the Isotopes been in Albuquerque? On an episode of The Simpsons, the Springfield Isotopes moved to Albuquerque. I was wondering if the two were related at all.

To be honest, I couldn't really tell you. They were here when I moved to NM 2 years ago.

[E.Z. Earl]

Hey E.Z. did you win the Stuff battle? Or did you just not update the website yet?

Here is the latest on this question. The PTO approved my new "E.Z. EARL'S BLAZIN'-HOT" name, colors, and logo graphics this week, and scheduled it for publication for comments or objections some time in August. So the fat is again in the hot sauce and the next few months will determine if I have to do battle with the Ogre of the Midwest. This time I will have to fight any objection. The colors and drawing really strengthen my claim while weakening their objections. - E.Z.

[imaguitargod]

When will we get to take a peek at the graphics?

[E.Z. Earl]

When will we get to take a peek at the graphics?

Sorry for the delay in responding. I was up at a lodge on Barclay Sound in B.C. this week.

The graphics have not changed much from the original, Jon. It is the label on the bottle you have with just the word "STUFF" removed from the lowere curved section.

How are things with you? - E.Z.

[imaguitargod]

Sorry for the delay in responding. I was up at a lodge on Barclay Sound in B.C. this week.

The graphics have not changed much from the original, Jon. It is the label on the bottle you have with just the word "STUFF" removed from the lowere curved section.
Oh! I see. I thought it was a complete re-work. My bad.


How are things with you? - E.Z.
A little gassy....oh, you ment in general! I'm awesome, haven't felt better. Working for EA Games, grilling, getting bills payed, growing and eating peppers. Life is good.

[E.Z. Earl]

A little gassy....oh, you ment in general! I'm awesome, haven't felt better. Working for EA Games, grilling, getting bills payed, growing and eating peppers. Life is good.

Sounds great to hear things are now going so well for you. - E.Z.

[woody]

Hi E.Z,
can i pick your brains about your sampling programe how you went about it, how you packaged your samples etc and do you think its worth doing in the UK.
cheers
Woody

[E.Z. Earl]

Hi E.Z,
can i pick your brains about your sampling programe how you went about it, how you packaged your samples etc and do you think its worth doing in the UK.
cheers
Woody

Woody - Pick away! Actually I have had several similar requests for this info. Therefore, I posted a new thread in the FOOD BUSINESS section to broadcast the answers. Please check there.

To all - sorry I couldn't get back to you individually, but as you can imagine the time pressure on me is escalating with the sucess of the sauces and the Stirling coffee syrups. - E.Z.